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Good evening,
This is my first time posting so please be gentle.
I have an issue in which I really do not know what direction to go in.
Here is a description of my wife & I predicament:
We are tenants in what we thought was a 4 bedroom house. The advertisement on multiple platforms clearly stated 4 bedrooms, and the description also stated you could fit a double bed in bedroom 4. We have been here 10 months, and without detailing the bitter cold we endured in here over winter, we have only discovered this problem in the last 6 weeks.
My wife, my daughter and myself have all slipped down the staircase leading to bedroom 4 in the loft. We weren't injured, only bruised pride. However, we had friends round one evening and one of the guests is a chartered surveyor. He took a look at the stairs and said we had better contact the local council. The following week I did. I was surprised to discover that there had never been any applications made in the last 30 years. Building control sent a report to the landlord, and also clarified the room is not fit for advertised purpose (district surveyor: "its just a storage space"). It has failed to conform to building regulations part b - fire safety.
I am absolutely furious about this. My daughter sleeps in that room, but not anymore.
To do research after speaking to neighbours, I contacted the former tenant and was told "he explicitly told us not to use it as a bedroom after we moved in" .
The landlord also advertises this dwelling as part of his "property investment portfolio", again, not fca or fscs registered, and is stated on a publicly viewable site, as 4 bedroom.
The council are now involved and will pursue their own line of enquiry and suitable punishment, but where do i stand.
Despite being an E rated home, i have conducted an elmhurst review, and it does not look like what we were given. First of all the area is incorrect. I am an engineer and know how to dimension. I also have uvalues for all building elements as available through work. I have also discovered the EPC tester is already on his payroll as a plumber and is seen on the landlords social media really enjoying social events together. Intriguing to me.
We suffered for 3 months in the most bitterly cold house and now discover this.
I feel this is more than just tenant landlord dispute when there has been clear evidence of misrepresentation of material facts and health and safety negligence.
Please help me choose a correct path to follow as we would never have moved in here if we knew all this would've happened. My daughters safety has been compromised having to stay in there, and I would never had endangered her in that way.
Many thanks for reading.
This is my first time posting so please be gentle.
I have an issue in which I really do not know what direction to go in.
Here is a description of my wife & I predicament:
We are tenants in what we thought was a 4 bedroom house. The advertisement on multiple platforms clearly stated 4 bedrooms, and the description also stated you could fit a double bed in bedroom 4. We have been here 10 months, and without detailing the bitter cold we endured in here over winter, we have only discovered this problem in the last 6 weeks.
My wife, my daughter and myself have all slipped down the staircase leading to bedroom 4 in the loft. We weren't injured, only bruised pride. However, we had friends round one evening and one of the guests is a chartered surveyor. He took a look at the stairs and said we had better contact the local council. The following week I did. I was surprised to discover that there had never been any applications made in the last 30 years. Building control sent a report to the landlord, and also clarified the room is not fit for advertised purpose (district surveyor: "its just a storage space"). It has failed to conform to building regulations part b - fire safety.
I am absolutely furious about this. My daughter sleeps in that room, but not anymore.
To do research after speaking to neighbours, I contacted the former tenant and was told "he explicitly told us not to use it as a bedroom after we moved in" .
The landlord also advertises this dwelling as part of his "property investment portfolio", again, not fca or fscs registered, and is stated on a publicly viewable site, as 4 bedroom.
The council are now involved and will pursue their own line of enquiry and suitable punishment, but where do i stand.
Despite being an E rated home, i have conducted an elmhurst review, and it does not look like what we were given. First of all the area is incorrect. I am an engineer and know how to dimension. I also have uvalues for all building elements as available through work. I have also discovered the EPC tester is already on his payroll as a plumber and is seen on the landlords social media really enjoying social events together. Intriguing to me.
We suffered for 3 months in the most bitterly cold house and now discover this.
I feel this is more than just tenant landlord dispute when there has been clear evidence of misrepresentation of material facts and health and safety negligence.
Please help me choose a correct path to follow as we would never have moved in here if we knew all this would've happened. My daughters safety has been compromised having to stay in there, and I would never had endangered her in that way.
Many thanks for reading.
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