as you know my house has its bad points and its getting silly now!
we have had no boiler for nearly a month now even thou the landlady has given us little portable heaters they are not heating living room up or the kitchen so its like a friggin ice box i live in!
the boiler bloke and landlady dnt really seam to give a hoot at the moment! we are spending about 100+ on logs and coal for the fire but its annoying everytime im out for longer than an hour it goes out even if put lots of coal in!
and i dread to think how high my electric bill is due to radiators on all the time in girls room and bath room!
is there any thing i can do like go to council or somethin as its SO cold here o, sat here fully dressed with dressing gown on and cardy and girls dont wana get dressed as cold!

To be honest hun, this is really something your landlady needs to get sorted ASAP.

At the very least, she needs to give you a reduction in your rent to cover your extra heating costs while the boiler is getting fixed x

Char get Ian on her case this is disgusting! So in this horrible freezing weather you've had no boiler.
I'd be calling her everyday without fail to hassle her it's rediculous!

she's breaking the law under the landlords and tenants act she's responsible to repair a broken boiler, can you speak to her again and explain that its really not acceptable especially with two little ones in the house.

I would be ringing her everyday! Tell her you are paying reduced rent till its sorted as its costing you more money! Just keep on at her hun, she should sort asap as you have 2 young kiddies. Give me her number ill sort her out!

my prob is im too soft! im like ok its not your fault i will wait a bit longer! and inside im angry wanting to scream sayin its not fair on my children GRRRR

^ it sounds like that is just what you need to do. If she thinks she can get away with not sorting it now - when it's the coldest weather all year - then she's never going to do it. Only you and OH can make sure she does it and asap - if it's through an agent pester them and if it's private let keep pestering her. In the meantime look into this:
http://www.warmfront.co.uk/

(BUT I think it could take some time to process if eligible - so make sure she doesn't shirk her responsibilities and make the excuse of waiting for the grant in the meantime!) As a landlady she should have insurance / boiler service package / heating supply repair service in place already anyway.

Char can you ring up some places to get it fixed yourself and ask them to bill the landlady? (i.e. check with them on the phone that they will bill the landlady not you?)

if anywhere agrees then do that. At least you will have heating and she will then be in trouble with the company for not paying rather than being able to dodge your calls she has to deal with them.

I did phone the bloke 2 weeks ago and he came out took 1 look and was like Yh need new one will phone u Monday and that was 2 weeks ago! I have left him and land lady message but nothin

my heater broke last christmas fr 2 weeks and we bought those electric heaters and i had an £180 electric bill!! so u deffo need to get it sorted with her asap!x

mmm I dont think your going to get anywhere with the landlady, think you need to keep chasing the guy to try and get it sorted, are there any other places you can try?

You need to get this sorted A.S.A.P hun, especially with two little ones. This is not acceptable, do you think she will be sat in the cold if her boiler broke....I don't think so.
I have a friend at work who has not had any heating or hot water since the weekend and her landlady has told her she can't afford a new boiler and if this is going to cause an issue then maybe she should serve her two months notice....if that's not telling her to get lost I don't know what is.(Maybe you have the same landlady)
I'm pretty sure you have rights hun....maybe have a word with CAB

xx

Could you withold rent until it's fixed? That might make her do something! xxx

I looked on line and it said that's one thing not to do is with hold rent! I tried citizens advice but no answer so will try again tomoz ! Doesn't help Lesha ill again now

deleted, posted in wrong place x

Aw hun what happened to your ankle

LOL Char I thought I'd started a new topic. I've done one now xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Lol bless ya x

Well is there anyone who can ring on your behalf that's a bit more bolshy! See I can be dead bolshy sometimes and I'd probably go in all guns blazing and refuse to pay rent and get myself in trouble haha! Definitely someone needs to start annoying her every day till it's fixed because it's disgusting that she would do that to you in this weather, especially with little ones in the house! xxx

I agree with mrsmb but I also know if I was in your shoes Id be too scared to keep hassling people.

withh your OH do it or anyone in your family? it's not acceptable at all. It;s illegal Im sure! there must be another company on the Island who can fix boilers and bill the landlord?