Mold

Meglamonia

Im currently renting a house from a landlord and 3 months in mould has started to appear in the downstairs bedroom and the wall is quite damp is it up to the landlord to fix this?

tenifan

It depends. If the mould is caused by a leak or rising damp, yes the landlord should fix it.

If the mould is caused by you drying clothes indoors, not using the central heating, not ventilating the property (i.e. not opening windows), and not cleaning the place then you're responsible.

Cuddlesworth

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Markx

Funnily enough today our landlord told us the mould in our apartment is due to an lack of vents. Told us it won't be fixed and we can move out whenever we want.

OP, my opinion is they should fix it, but don't have to it seems.

Eldarion

Markx wrote: »

Funnily enough today our landlord told us the mould in our apartment is due to an lack of vents. Told us it won't be fixed and we can move out whenever we want.

OP, my opinion is they should fix it, but don't have to it seems.

That line sounds really dodgy. Mould and poor ventilation are not things to be taken that lightly at all. If you have written communication of the Landlord saying that he's aware of such a problem and intends to do nothing about it he's leaving himself wide open to get sued if one of his tenants falls ill as a result.

Now, that aside, would you not consider getting a dehumidifier yourself for the place while you live there? They're not that expensive and you can always take it with you when you leave. No amount of "principles" is worth your health or comfort.

tenifan

Eldarion wrote: »

That line sounds really dodgy. Mould and poor ventilation are not things to be taken that lightly at all. If you have written communication of the Landlord saying that he's aware of such a problem and intends to do nothing about it he's leaving himself wide open to get sued if one of his tenants falls ill as a result.

Markx said it's "due to an lack of vents", therefore it's not the landlord's fault if Markx doesn't ventilate the place by opening a window.

Markx

tenifan wrote: »

Markx said it's "due to an lack of vents", therefore it's not the landlord's fault if Markx doesn't ventilate the place by opening a window.

It's due to a lack of air vents as a part of the structure of the property. Have a read of the building regulations in relation to ventilation. Don't think they mean build a property where the inhabitant is supposed to keep the windows open.

tenifan

Have you read the building regulations pertaining to when your landlord's property was built? Or are you referring to current building regulations?

Markx

tenifan wrote: »

Have you read the building regulations pertaining to when your landlord's property was built? Or are you referring to current building regulations?

Both.

peter_dublin

Markx wrote: »

Both.

Well in fairness your landlord can't go installing vents as he doesn't own the walls and any decent management company would come down like a tonne of bricks if he did.

Something like that has to be addressed on a entire complex basis by the management company who many not have the money, it may not be a priority or may just be badly run.

Markx

peter_dublin wrote: »

Well in fairness your landlord can't go installing vents as he doesn't own the walls and any decent management company would come down like a tonne of bricks if he did.

Something like that has to be addressed on a entire complex basis by the management company who many not have the money, it may not be a priority or may just be badly run.

Yeah I wasn't really complaining, more empathising with the OP. I think the block is owned by a 'vulture fund' as it seems to now be known who are just looking to flip it. If they can make a bit of rent they are happy but its not a priority so the chances of it being fixed are nil. We will just move on, no hassle.

However, it seems to be another recently built block of apartments not meeting regulations.