Next door neighbour .Single mother 2 young kids . Been there 6-7 years .landlady is super reluctant to ever communicate no matter what the issue . Employs jokes of a management agency . who really are "typical" .
lets do the basics first .
landlady (27b) is a multi Millionaire property owner and a lawyer .
Her and her husband like to skimp if possible .... usual stuff. (He makes promises and thinks he is clever and gets off having to carry out whats required . He is not the legal landlord despite thinking he is !)
Left the mother with no oven for 3 months over Christmas .
Despite asking ,no EICR was ever carried out or access requested until today . Despite the cut off been last April 2021
2 bedroom flat .Not bad access in in rooms etc . Guy was in and out in 29 mins . But mentioned the state of the place was terrible . "scorched " sockets and dangerous electrics in bathroom etc. But still a full test is required to be carried out and no way in 29 mins ! 4 min of which would be getting gear out and putting back etc into bags . so lets say 25 mins . She has now got very worried . And has fired off a letter to the landlady (so she cannot deny any knowledge which will really annoy her ! ) asking why they have failed to ensure the EICR was carried out in time and why for a years almost and possibly longer, she and her kids have lived in a flat in very poor conditions .And the matter of the electrics been dangerous etc
so they now have 28 days to rectify any codes . Ive mentioned to her to ask for a "Proper" test of the entire flat rather than a £80 "drive by" and to contact the council and ask them to inspect the property and take formal action against the landlady if required . I really want to see if any councils have stepped in and taken these rich landlords to court . It really needs to be done
lets do the basics first .
landlady (27b) is a multi Millionaire property owner and a lawyer .
Her and her husband like to skimp if possible .... usual stuff. (He makes promises and thinks he is clever and gets off having to carry out whats required . He is not the legal landlord despite thinking he is !)
Left the mother with no oven for 3 months over Christmas .
Despite asking ,no EICR was ever carried out or access requested until today . Despite the cut off been last April 2021
2 bedroom flat .Not bad access in in rooms etc . Guy was in and out in 29 mins . But mentioned the state of the place was terrible . "scorched " sockets and dangerous electrics in bathroom etc. But still a full test is required to be carried out and no way in 29 mins ! 4 min of which would be getting gear out and putting back etc into bags . so lets say 25 mins . She has now got very worried . And has fired off a letter to the landlady (so she cannot deny any knowledge which will really annoy her ! ) asking why they have failed to ensure the EICR was carried out in time and why for a years almost and possibly longer, she and her kids have lived in a flat in very poor conditions .And the matter of the electrics been dangerous etc
so they now have 28 days to rectify any codes . Ive mentioned to her to ask for a "Proper" test of the entire flat rather than a £80 "drive by" and to contact the council and ask them to inspect the property and take formal action against the landlady if required . I really want to see if any councils have stepped in and taken these rich landlords to court . It really needs to be done
