This happened 12 days ago and since then i have had no heating or hot water. We have been told by the council that they will contact us to arrange some one to come out and fix the problem however we have heard nothing from no one. What can we do? its freezing and the council keep telling us to wait on hearing from the contractor, they won't even give us a contact number for them!
2007-02-05 21:50:44 · 11 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
I would advise the council that you are contacting your local paper and would like a name to pass onto them!
Check your council repair policy too.
2007-02-05 21:54:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dee 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Contact them and tell them that you are giving them notice to repair the boiler by a certain date failure to to do it and you will have your own contractor to do the job and send them the bill. I think I am right that a land lord has a legal obligation to provide heating. I used to work for a land lord with several properties and a stock of portable gas heaters in case of break down until repairs could be carried out.
2007-02-06 11:28:56 · answer #2 · answered by ALAN W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact every local newspaper, radio station and TV channel going and give the council some bad press! Watch how quickly the come to fix it then!
2007-02-06 04:13:27 · answer #3 · answered by --Lost in this world-- 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By a Halygen heater for about ten quid. They can't spring heating engineers from thin air. Contractors are particularly bust at this time of year. We had a new system in Dec and were put on priority list but even then it took two weeks for them to start work and that's private property costing 4k and gas board
2007-02-05 22:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by Angelfish 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ask the council to supply you with some heating appliances until the boiler is fixed. They are your landlords and they are responsible for this.
2007-02-06 12:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact your local radio station too and give the council bad publicity, that's terrible in this freezing weather.
2007-02-05 21:56:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, contact the council again and tell them you seek satisfaction and IF you don't get it, you will be talking to your local MP. Your MP is there for you, they are VERY approachable and they will intervene for you. Your MP wants you to vote for them next time and so they will do all they can for you.
Put a letter in writing or email your MP and believe me the council will crap themselves once they know they are involved.
2007-02-05 21:56:35 · answer #7 · answered by The Alchemist 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i am very surprised they never came out, my gas boiler broke only on saturday, i rang council yesterday morn and the contractors were out to me by 2pm yesterday,& boiler was fixed. i do feel sorry for you espically in this weather, the contractors that came to me were from The Power House in dublin. but i suppose it depends different contractors for different areas. good luck
2007-02-05 22:24:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
contact the media as others have said
buy yourself a heater and bill the council for it.
They will pay.
2007-02-05 22:07:05 · answer #9 · answered by Mr Jolly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi there Chris, they are passing the book here. get some publicity sorted contact your local paper and/or councillor. good luck my friend. hope this helps.
2007-02-05 22:01:33 · answer #10 · answered by tracieisland 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋