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Oil boiler repair at council house - Tennants responsibility?

Andy From Sligo

is it right thing that outside oil boiler that came installed with the house / council property that tennant should be responsible for kerosene boiler repair/replace/servicing - I mean its affixed to the property (ie council house) its not like a tennant can unplumb it and take it away with them when they move somewhere else - its part of the property . apparently its in tennants agreement . - Is it the same with privately owned (houses with a landlord) that the boiler is not the property of the tennant but that the tennant has to pay themselves to get the heating boiler of the house repaired/replaced/ serviced?

Surely its best interest of landlord / council to make sure the boiler is running safe yearly or twice yearly whatever it is so it does not catch alight to their property and burn their propert down or poison the tennants inside the house or outside near the boiler with carbon monoxied fumes or blow up?

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Mrs OBumble

It would usually be landlord responsibility.

But - did the tenant tip the tank?

Raichų

no- boiler service and all other maintenance of central heating etc is a landlord (council in this case) responsibility.

Ray Palmer

My understanding is council lets are different from private rentals. The council do not have to maintain the property like private landlords do. It depends on the council you are in. Most only deal with structural issue but all else is the tenants responsibility like broken kitchen units, white goods, windows etc… Some councils will pay for central heating repair but not all

ted1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123251256#Comment_123251256

council lets are different.
also oil boilers are funny. If the tenant runs out of oil it can cause air locks. Which would be the tenants fault not the landlord

Andy From Sligo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123252066#Comment_123252066

oh yes I could understand that , and I bet that happens often ….. as a compromise what they could say though is "we will send out a heating engineer, however if it turns out that the problem is user error or something like oil run out/air lock , then we will have to charge a callout fee"

ballyharpat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123252124#Comment_123252124

Personally, Im of the belief that if something goes wrong with the boiler, it has been the tenants fault, especially if it had been running perfect- and is relatively new. other than that, I get my tenants boilers serviced yearly, or whatever is required. If My guy calls out, and he sees that it's a problem caused by the tenant, then he charges a higher/standard rate than for me. The council could charge a higher rate, you may be better getting your own serviceman to call out and take care of it.

Zennor

Councils are under the 1966 Housing Act which places different obligations on them to all other landlords. Part of this is a for more limited liability on repairs.

cute geoge

Is chimney cleaning the responsibility of landlord in a letting where hap is paid

ted1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123360968#Comment_123360968

why would it be? Who hoovers the carpet ?

The chimney gets dirty from tenants usage

Fann Linn

It would be all in the relevant tenancy agreement which is the contract the tenant enters into.