Landlord's Duty re: Broken Washing Machine

[wizzard]

Hi I know there are some experienced people on here with regards to Landlords duties towards their tenants.

I was wondering what is the landlords duty with regard to a broken washing machine? How quickly they have to get hold of a working machine, doesn't have to be new.

 

[tek-monkey]

One of mine said the washing machine wasn't part of the rental, and if it broke then tough!

 

[Wormella]

Same here, there were white goods when we moved in, but they weren't on the inventory and it was made clear it wasn't the landlords responsibility if they broke

 

[Gramaisc]

It does rather depend on how 'furnished' the accomodation is, I suppose. One place that I 'look after' is on its third replacement machine* in four years and in the other, the Beast has his own.


*my own machine is 35 years old.

 

[Glam]

I used rent a room down the Marston Road (same house that poor bloke were found dead in). Landlord were bril,owt break down or need fixing,he'd replace with new immediately. Even went n bought a second fridge freezer so 1 of the girls there could put her vegetarian food in it. Only faults we all found with him was,he never said when he would be popping round,and he never ever looked at your face,always your chest!

 

[wizzard]

A little update landlord came round and he is replacing the washing machine.

 

[Gramaisc]

A little update landlord came round and he is replacing the washing machine.

Looks like you hit him just hard enough...

 

[basil]

I used rent a room down the Marston Road (same house that poor bloke were found dead in). Landlord were bril,owt break down or need fixing,he'd replace with new immediately. Even went n bought a second fridge freezer so 1 of the girls there could put her vegetarian food in it. Only faults we all found with him was,he never said when he would be popping round,and he never ever looked at your face,always your chest!

chest freezer?........

 

[United57]

 

[grumpystaffordguy]

Yeah as a landlord I try not to provide any white goods. I did however provide a cooker as it seems to be something that a lot of perspective tenants dont have (or dont want to buy). Washing machines go bang quite often (especially if not looked after and over loaded) so I'd always try and avoid that one myself!

 

[Gramaisc]

Washing machines go bang quite often (especially if not looked after and over loaded) so I'd always try and avoid that one myself!

My last one was full of paper clips!

I did once fix one for somebody who was somebody else's tenant and that had an eye-patch* blocking the pump...

*turned out that there had been a cheap day at Alton Towers some years before, if you came dressed as a pirate.