I moved in to a 3 bed property of the councils after waiting 6 months in a emergency accomadation. I collected the keys straight off some one from maintenance department who had been fitting in central heating. No one else came to inspect the house and a old lady had lived there for over 20 years before me which you can tell. Everyroom badly needs decorating, a lot of the walls have holes and cracks in the skirting boards are damaged thes left over screws and nails still sticking out all over the place and any that have been removed have just left a very noticeable hole behind and when you touch it it just crumbles away creating a bigger hole. The interior doors upstairs are all odd with holes and dents in them. I stripped the living room, re-wallpapered it then had to paint it all basically usig up all spare cash I had to make it look liveable. A month later thes damp on my walls now theyve had to put damp proof in destroying all decoration I'd done and now back to square 1.
2006-08-25 05:45:51 · 9 answers · asked by Lee ML 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Get a Solicitor to serve a Section 82 on them.
2006-08-25 06:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by rogerglyn 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Get hold of the council and ask them to put right the work they have done they should have restored it to the condition it was in when they started work
get them to inspect the house as well and put right any structural faults that is their responsibility
as for the decoration I am afraid that that is your problem they may help you out with some of the cost though ask
2006-08-26 20:50:56 · answer #2 · answered by bbh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have just finished 600 kitchens and bathrooms and rewiring 100 council houses complete..with people living in them, so i have some experience in council matters..
your predicament is not uncommon, i have seen this sort of thing before..
Did you ask the councils permission to decorate THEIR house?
they leave decoration up to the residents but you should ask permission before decorating as some housing associations will only allow some wall coverings to be used.
when i cut big chases into the walls in every room for sockets and switches through peoples hard earned wall paper they only reimbursed them 75 quid per house !
it is unlikely you will get anything back as this happens in hundreds of thousands of properties, and if you think about it, you are maintaining and investing in something that is theirs..... so they don't care as long as you pay rent matey !
mishnbong's idea is well meant but will not work.... trust me, you can only get reimbursement from the contractors and that will only be for unnecessary personal property damage.
2006-08-25 10:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by sparky 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u shud have wrote a list of everything that needed doin b4 hand. They have 2 do it by law! Tell them if the repairs dont get done pretty quick, and u want compensation 4 the decorating uve already done then ur not paying rent (which is also leglal)
2006-08-25 05:56:29 · answer #4 · answered by mishnbong 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Go to the Citizens Advice Bureau.
2006-08-25 05:56:16 · answer #5 · answered by cognito44 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mate works for a company that tenders for the council and it sounds like the works already been done!
2006-08-25 12:31:54 · answer #6 · answered by danchip 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty grotty.
You should have contacted the council before you redecorated really, but you should hit them for a refund anyway. You should tell them it's uninhabitable they will move you if you hassle them enough.
2006-08-25 05:50:38 · answer #7 · answered by Pete H 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
So!!!!!! You got one of their better properties?
2006-08-25 08:54:50 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
least you got a roof over your head mate!....if you are so hard up sell your computer....
2006-08-25 05:54:31 · answer #9 · answered by Bass 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋