Days with broken boiler: 8
Yeah, still nothing on the boiler front.
The landlord managed to get someone around from British Gas on Saturday morning but they just said "err, we don't have the part still" so we are still going to have to wait for them. They are rubbish. It took 2 days for them to order in the wrong part but so far it's been 5 now that the right part has been on order. The people on the phone don't seem to know what they are doing as they called the technician out even though he couldn't actually do anything.
I'm getting in touch with Citizens Advice to see what to do because it seems that things like this are a tricky part of the law. We should under no circumstances withhold rent , especially as the landlord is trying to get this sorted and we've had people to look at the boiler, as it could lead to us jeapordising getting a new contract there (I'm liking the house too much to want to move anytime soon) and risking him taking action to get the money back.
Apparently it's best to seek compensation after everything has sorted out but I can't really gather how much we could get off him as I've heard it could either be a percentage of the rent knocked off or £10 and £2 per day up to a maximum of £50. I need to talk it over with the CAB who are trained on this and haven't just tried figuring it out overnight on the internet.
The landlord could probably be doing a bit more though. I don't think he really understood how bad it is to live somewhere without heating until I told him we were staying somewhere else. I'm going to try to see if he can get any compensation of British Gas and see if we could get a bit of that at as that'd be a nice gesture.
Aside from the usual gas related fun we've been having, April and I have also been having Brewin related fun. Friday night saw us up until half 4 watching lots of Lost with Pip. Saturday was spent seeping late and then playing on games until it was time to go to Shaun's birthday at the garish Trafford Centre. What is with that entrance at the Orient. That is one of the most tacky things I have seen and that is saying something for the Trafford Centre. I am really not digging the faux Roman architecture that looks a lot like it was sicked up by a dog in a toga.
If Julius Caesar was alive today to be murdered by his mates he'd be pretty pissed off if he had to do it on the lower steps of the Orient entrance. His last words probably wouldn't have made it into Shakespeare play if they were "Ah, yer bastards. Couldn't you have waited until I got to the car park or at least the shuttle bus stop. These steps are doing my head in. And that chandelier is fucking awful" although I'd have been more likely to see it.
The landlord managed to get someone around from British Gas on Saturday morning but they just said "err, we don't have the part still" so we are still going to have to wait for them. They are rubbish. It took 2 days for them to order in the wrong part but so far it's been 5 now that the right part has been on order. The people on the phone don't seem to know what they are doing as they called the technician out even though he couldn't actually do anything.
I'm getting in touch with Citizens Advice to see what to do because it seems that things like this are a tricky part of the law. We should under no circumstances withhold rent , especially as the landlord is trying to get this sorted and we've had people to look at the boiler, as it could lead to us jeapordising getting a new contract there (I'm liking the house too much to want to move anytime soon) and risking him taking action to get the money back.
Apparently it's best to seek compensation after everything has sorted out but I can't really gather how much we could get off him as I've heard it could either be a percentage of the rent knocked off or £10 and £2 per day up to a maximum of £50. I need to talk it over with the CAB who are trained on this and haven't just tried figuring it out overnight on the internet.
The landlord could probably be doing a bit more though. I don't think he really understood how bad it is to live somewhere without heating until I told him we were staying somewhere else. I'm going to try to see if he can get any compensation of British Gas and see if we could get a bit of that at as that'd be a nice gesture.
Aside from the usual gas related fun we've been having, April and I have also been having Brewin related fun. Friday night saw us up until half 4 watching lots of Lost with Pip. Saturday was spent seeping late and then playing on games until it was time to go to Shaun's birthday at the garish Trafford Centre. What is with that entrance at the Orient. That is one of the most tacky things I have seen and that is saying something for the Trafford Centre. I am really not digging the faux Roman architecture that looks a lot like it was sicked up by a dog in a toga.
If Julius Caesar was alive today to be murdered by his mates he'd be pretty pissed off if he had to do it on the lower steps of the Orient entrance. His last words probably wouldn't have made it into Shakespeare play if they were "Ah, yer bastards. Couldn't you have waited until I got to the car park or at least the shuttle bus stop. These steps are doing my head in. And that chandelier is fucking awful" although I'd have been more likely to see it.