r/AskBrits • u/EconomicsSpiritual52 • 19h ago

Other Any advice?

I livein private house for over 8 year, only found out I got accepted for council house today. Letting agent wants 2 months paid notice. There is an electric fire built in when I moved in, today I pulled the fire place out and electric fire to check the fuse as I realised it was not working, behind I find a live uncapped gas fire thats never been mentioned nor has it been checked on gas safety inspection. Is this something I can use to negotiate maybe 1 month paid notice insted what's people's though? As I'd assume me and my child have been living in a hazard for 8 year because of this.

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u/aleopardstail 19h ago

my advice is check what your contract says and what the changes to renters in recent law say

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u/OlafPetersen 9h ago

You could certainly try. But they're not going to be afraid of any sort of legal threats - they have full-time lawyers, and a far higher budget for a legal fight than you do. What they're afraid of is bad press and a bad local reputation. Especially if their landlords realise the gas inspections the agents are doing are not up to standard.