tenants rights

[sotelme]

My son is living in a 6 bedroom house sharing with mates. The landlord uses one of the rooms and each person in the house pays their rent cash separately to the landlord and they only receive a handwritten receipt on a piece of a paper.. They each had to pay a deposit and has a 6 months contract with the landlord. I went to go and visit them and was shocked to find that there was open wiring on the light fittings, radiators were bodge jobbed and falling of the walls. Laminate flooring was loose and the cooker had no ignitor and the one button on the stove is broken.And many other things looking a bit dodgy. Apparently this landlord ownes several houses but stays in the one where my son lives. All of them staying there are not happy and wants to get out. Are there any laws or info or websites that they can look at for them as a tenant to say what their rights are regarding health and safety and just generally to get them out of the house.

[browneyedgir]

All rented properties are legally obliged to have annual electric and gas inspections, as well as there being marked fire exits and fire alarms. Ideally he (the landlord) should have made these available to view before signature of the tenancy agreement(s). I would get your sone to aske to view these and if they are not available then he should immediately terminate his tenancy, hopefully he hasn't caused any "damage" other than ware or tear to the property, and uopn the landlord saying he doesn't have them (again, ideally) your son should inform the landlord that he is reporting him to his local council (the council upsholds the regulatory checks to rented properties) hopefully this will kick the naldlord up his bum and retuen the deposit and rectify the propert for future tenants

[browneyedgir]

sorry about my spelling, have had a few too many drinks tonight!

[sotelme]

browneyedgir
cheers....I will definately get him to do that....the landlord does look and act a bit dodgy.