Rented bedroom with no windows?

Rented bedroom with no windows?

0:06 AM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago 22

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Hello, A friend of mine has been renting a room in London for £1,250 a month and he has just told me it hasn’t got any windows – which I told him is illegal.

What is the best way to handle this situation as he wants to move out before the tenancy ends?

Is there any compensation/court case to be had in this situation?

Thank you,

Sam

 


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TheMaluka

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7:36 AM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Just do a runner- that's what most of my tenants do - leave a false forwarding address and plenty of debt behind.

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9:42 AM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Ah...so the real reason about not having windows is compensation (for you or your friend)? It was your friend who committed to this tenancy (not you). If they weren't bothered about no windows why should you be. It has suited their purpose presumably up until this point. Ask the landlord for release from contract early. Be the better person and keep out of what's not your business.

Blodwyn

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9:55 AM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

The Maluka suggests behave like Boris would do, where has that got him now he's been found out after so many years at it? RoseD says to behave like proper people. Trouble is, the runner will get away with it whilst the honest tenant may have a bill to pay? What a square wheel!

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10:28 AM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Blodwyn at 13/06/2023 - 09:55
Boris?

David Houghton

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12:23 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

It's illegal to build a bedroom with no windows, but that's not quite the same thing.

Best advice ever from my old boss. 1) making your first million is the hardest
2) never litigate

If he wants out ask the landlord, of the answer is no honour your contract just like you would expect the landlord too.

Blodwyn

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12:40 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 13/06/2023 - 10:28One's recent PM..... now behaving like the crybaby playground bully he is. In case you hadn't seen it in the turmoil, he's behind teacher's blackboard with his head in the corner and a big 'D' hat on!

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14:31 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Reply to the comment left by Blodwyn at 13/06/2023 - 12:40
I thought this was an apolitical property discussion forum. But you crack on if it makes you feel good...

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14:48 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Isn’t it astonishing how frequently landlords are vilified for the state of a property, even though a tenant has knowingly and willingly entered into a contract to live in it?
Clearly the LL in this case should not have let a windowless room (and begs a question about ventilation and means of escape), but I wonder if the lack of a window is the precipitator to leave, or is it the attraction of getting some compensation?
If the fear is about safety, the tenant should just explain and leave and there's not much the LL can do about it - its unlikely he will try to enforce the contract; just report the matter to the authorities so future tenants aren't put at risk.

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15:41 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Nobody should be letting a windowless bedroom. But my concern is this is a sign of what's to come, when renters find there's nothing available, and will accept anything, with the prospect of claiming some compo.

Joe Armstrong

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15:50 PM, 13th June 2023, About 2 years ago

Compensation? Hmmm. Sounds like a rather grubby way of trying to get some free money for something that was willingly entered into. Unless of course there was a window and the landlord bricked it up. Is that what happened?

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