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Landlord incapable of fixing issue - recourse?

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    Start here: Buildings Department - Public Services

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    when does your rental contract end?


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    That link is quite good. obviously with the amount of flats here it must happen alot.


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    Quote Originally Posted by dumbdonkey:
    when does your rental contract end?
    Another year-plus to go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PDLM:
    OP - definitely integrate the actions that you can take through the link PDLM provided, too.

    Good luck!

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    Quote Originally Posted by luckycat:
    Wtbhotia, depending on the severity of the works and the effort of the landlord to put it right, they could in fact deem your non-payment of rent as a breach of the tenancy agreement, terminate it, evict you and pursue you for the outstanding rent. There's quite a bit they can do.
    to evict you for non payment is a long and tedious procedure, minimum it can take 3 months for the courts to do anything, if they want to evict you then off course you stop paying the full rent and wait it out until the courts have signed off and then you move out, by that time it would probably have been 6 months and you would have lived at the apartment free for 4 months (deducting the deposit). This advice is only for the people that have reached breaking point.

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    I think the threat of ending the rental agreement might be a good idea because they'd need to fix it anyway in order to find a new tenant. Saying that, though, rent prices are increasing so they may actually be hoping you do this.