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House heating question

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    #32
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    Threads merged. Stick to one thread OP.


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    #33
    bonjurkes
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    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    Threads merged. Stick to one thread OP.

    Well electric meter and house heating would be different questions I assumed, sorry about that


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    Thargor
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    An electric blanket on the bed could save you a lot of money compared to running heaters all the time.


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    lawred2
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    bonjurkes wrote: »
    So I moved into a new house, which is on floor one (it's Irish kind flat) and there is an empty shop under my flat.

    LL said that he bought this place from someone and renting the upstairs and he will have some shop at downstairs (nothing yet though).

    The place has 2 electric heater (not storage type, no timer) one in bedroom and one in living room/kitchen. He claimed he did some isolation to this place (I don't think it's effective or for real actually)

    There is prepaid electric at this place and turns out I can see the previous month eletric usage (in paid money amount) and for last 1 year every month is more or less same amount (which is 36 euro in total) so it makes me think like this amount is default paid amount for tax, standing charges etc. So long story short, this place is not occupied 1 year (he didn't mentioned me anything at house seeing, and I didn't asked, my mistake).

    Right now, living room is 8 degrees (10 after I turned on the heater for 3 hours), bedroom is warmish and bed is freezing cold.

    I am not sure if this place will ever get heated up, or how much money it will cost me (as heat disappears after 2 hours when electric heater is turned off).

    So I can't be sure if isolation sucks big time, or if building is cold because no one lived in it for god knows 1 year or if electric heaters on wall is terrible or it's all.

    My question is, for this case, can I request or demand anything from my LL to help make this place livable? I am asking in legal way, tenant rights whatever.

    Buying extra heater is of course possible from my own budget or if LL brings one but again I will have to pay for heating.

    So do I have any rights, or should I either live in bedroom and freeze to death when leaving bedroom or just find another place and move out?

    I can buy new heater (better ones) but again I am not sure if that will keep this place warm or this is just waste of money?

    that's not habitable


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