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Staralfur · 09-26-2001, 07:38 AM

Thanks for the advice (and the link Donut). We have now visited the student advice centre and they have pretty much same thing, and after about an hour of chatting they seemed to think most things would come down in our favour. We were thinking of with holding rent, but were advised not to as this directed breaks the terms of the contract (we want to give him no leverage). As you guys, and many other people have suggested we've put together an inventory of the house, listing all the problems (no matter how minor) so we have a record of the condition of the house when we moved in. This will be signed by independent witnesses and sent to the landlord by recorded post. A letter with a list of matters that require urgent attention and others that if left will damage the property further (none of this is due to us)will also be sent, stating that he has left it like this and we have done him a favour by basically surveying the house and cleaning it free of charge.

We have contacted the enviromental health agency (thanks for the advice Donut and Epona), and they are coming around "off the record" just to check, as we have spent the last 4 days cleaning it may not appear too bad though. We will see were that takes us.

We know we've got him on the gas check as he didn't have a valid certificate when we moved in, but had the audacity to wave an old one infront of us (how dumb are we). A guy came around yesterday to do it, and as it has taken him 4 days to find an electrician but 1 to find a gas man we think the landlord knows he is screwed on this on.

We have a few other things up our sleeves, but we are feeling a bit more positive now (probably because it is a lot cleaner), and are beginning to get our act together. Thanks again for the advice, I'll keep you updated.

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09-26-2001, 07:38 AM	#6
Staralfur Baaz Draconian Join Date: April 8, 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 45 Posts: 786	Thanks for the advice (and the link Donut). We have now visited the student advice centre and they have pretty much same thing, and after about an hour of chatting they seemed to think most things would come down in our favour. We were thinking of with holding rent, but were advised not to as this directed breaks the terms of the contract (we want to give him no leverage). As you guys, and many other people have suggested we've put together an inventory of the house, listing all the problems (no matter how minor) so we have a record of the condition of the house when we moved in. This will be signed by independent witnesses and sent to the landlord by recorded post. A letter with a list of matters that require urgent attention and others that if left will damage the property further (none of this is due to us)will also be sent, stating that he has left it like this and we have done him a favour by basically surveying the house and cleaning it free of charge. We have contacted the enviromental health agency (thanks for the advice Donut and Epona), and they are coming around "off the record" just to check, as we have spent the last 4 days cleaning it may not appear too bad though. We will see were that takes us. We know we've got him on the gas check as he didn't have a valid certificate when we moved in, but had the audacity to wave an old one infront of us (how dumb are we). A guy came around yesterday to do it, and as it has taken him 4 days to find an electrician but 1 to find a gas man we think the landlord knows he is screwed on this on. We have a few other things up our sleeves, but we are feeling a bit more positive now (probably because it is a lot cleaner), and are beginning to get our act together. Thanks again for the advice, I'll keep you updated. ------------------ "The old law about "an eye for an eye" leaves everybody blind." --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.