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Refusing to pay landlord. Our rights?

dodderangler · 2014-12-08 19:12:29

Just Wondering if I have any rights here. Heating has been broke in house fr 4 months and landlord has known about it. He's done sweet **** all about it and I'm sick f it now. So I am refusing to pay rent because of it I have a 5 year child and another on the way it's freezing and electricity bill will be up the roof fr…

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#32 09-12-2014 1:59am
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paying and then deducting from rent is called withholding rent
you need to agree to a quote and agree that its taken out of rent

as i said earlier i've been down this route
the minimum standards for rentals include heating
electric heating is sufficient

Heating Facilities
7. (1) Every room used, or intended for use, by the tenant of the house as
a habitable room shall contain:6 [534]
(a) a permanently fixed appliance or appliances capable of providing
effective heating,
(b) suitable and adequate facilities for the safe and effective removal of
fumes and other products of combustion to the external air.
(2) The operation of any appliance referred to in sub-article (1)(a) shall be
capable of being independently manageable by the tenant.

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