{"id":93361,"date":"2018-07-07T13:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T06:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-you-get-a-landlord-to-do-repairs\/"},"modified":"2018-07-07T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-07T07:03:22","slug":"how-do-you-get-a-landlord-to-do-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-you-get-a-landlord-to-do-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you get a landlord to do repairs?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe\u2019re renting and the toilet\u2019s broken \u2013 can I hire a plumber and send the landlord a bill?Every week a Guardian Money reader submits a question, and it\u2019s up to you to help him or her out \u2013 a selection of the best answers will appear in next Saturday\u2019s paper.How do you get a landlord to fix things? My landlord is mostly fine, but is slow at replacing broken things, always promising a repair that doesn\u2019t materialise. Now the toilet\u2019s broken. Do I have rights to withhold rent? Hire a plumber and send him the bill? What do other tenants do? Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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