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Landlords obligations?
Just a quick query as to what the landlord is obliged to do for us in way of house maintenance.
On our contract it says anything over Dhs 1000 he will pay for but so far he hasn't reimbursed a penny. We had a back door that didn't work when we moved in. The lock had been broken and we had 3 people give us quotes - cheapest Dhs 1750. We paid this and were expecting a reimbursement through the letting agent as agreed. It never came then the lady we were dealing with left and no one else seemed to even be able to find a record of the landlord agreeing to this. We had to have a new water heater same scenario _ all agreed but no reimbursement.
Now the toilet cistern has broken. It has been masticked up so much there is hardly any original porcelain and it really need replacing. This cistern is now obsolete so the new loo and cistern is quoted as being Dhs 1250. We have emailed the landlord direct last week and asked him if he will pay for this as we are still owed for the other bits from over a year ago. He hasn't replied. The agents are now saying they can't help as he hasn't left them any money to use for reimbursement.
Seems like our hand are tied as we obviously need the toilet and we needed a working water heater and a back door that actually opens.
Do we just pay for it and know we have lost out? Do we take all this with us when we go so the next tenants have to go through the same? Just makes me sad as we rent out 2 properties in the Uk and we pay for all maintenance without question - seems so unfair!
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