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Property maintenance & improvements - Boiler repairs
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QUESTION:
I live in an unfurnished rented house. The boiler has broken down and I have no hot water or heat. My landlord says it is my responsibility to pay for the repair.
He says if it was furnished accommodation it would be his responsibility. I feel he should pay. We have lived here for five months. It is an Assured Shorthold Tenancy.
Who should pay?
ANSWER:
Your landlord, without a doubt. It is part of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that all installations for the heating of space and water are the landlord’s responsibility to keep in order. That applies whether furnished or unfurnished. If he does not do what is required, let him argue about it to Environmental Services!
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