Q: Hi, Im thinking about buying a flat in a big house and wondered about a few things:
1. how do you know about things like whose resposibility common spaces / gardens and whose responsibility it is etc.
2 as the roof begins to leak. would be acceptable to rent a house without heating? it is a flat, so the top floor get some heat from below
3. if you rent a one bed flat would you rent furnished or unfurnished?
4. has anyone ever let to DSS tenants? is a difficult process? Who are you if you want to do? anyt stories good or bad?
any advice appreciated, thanks
A:Hi,
Most of the rented flats I've had (and studio ones I've bought) had economy 7 heaters. YOu don't need to go the whole hog with gsh. Or put convector heaters on each wall, or panel heaters which are cheap to run. Have a word with a local agent, but no gas central heating is quite standard I think.
A:right ok, sounds like heating is a must, thanks for that
A:Can't think many people would want a flat with no heat – what if it's Christmas and all the people in the one below go on holiday. Bang goes your free under-floor heating There is a glut of one-beds on the market to rent at present, so this would seriously disadvantage you in finding a tenant. I'd also check with the DSS as I would imagine they would insist their tenant had heating as an absolute basic. They are legally obliged under the new decent homes legislation to provide certain standards.
A:The lease will state what the obligations are when
buying a flat. Usually if there is a problem with the roof it is the freeholder's responsibilty to get it sorted out, but the leaseholder of each flat will have to contribute towards the cost. When you're
buying a flat it's the solicitor who checks the term of the lease & will give you a copy, pointing out any points or area's that he feels you need to be particularly aware of.
Your other questions are to do with rental flats & the only one I can answer here is that it wouldn't be acceptable to rent out a flat without some kind of heating. A flat doesn't get very much heat from a property below & certainly not enough to keep it warm.
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