Is my landlord responsible for getting my OIL boiler serviced?

I have been a tenant of his for many years and its only been serviced once about 10 years ago. I dont have a tenancy agreement. Only a verbal agreement of 2 months notice. someone told me that he may not have to pay for the OIL boiler to be serviced individually, but this should come as part of a new legel requirement to check that the house is safe to live in. Any ideas? He said i am responsible and have to arrange and pay myself.Is my landlord responsible for getting my OIL boiler serviced?
Don't know if you are in the UK, but you got a lot of UK answers :-)





Anyway, in the US, the landlord is responsible for this. The landlord's responsibility is to make sure any mechanical item attached to the property is in safe working condition (there are states in the US that don't require a heating system, but if one exists, it must work).





So it works even though it hasn't been serviced. If the unit fails because maintenance wasn't done, he would have to provide written documentation that the maintenance was your responsibility to get you to fix it. Otherwise, he would be on the hook to fix it.





Now, practically it might be costing much more to operate since it hasn't been serviced and generally the tenant is responsible for fuel costs. It might actually be worth your while to get it serviced so that it operates more efficiently and therefore saves you money...





good luck!





ps - not having a written agreement puts both of you at risk. He could ask you to move out with 2 months notice (which might be difficult after being there for so long). Also items like this would be clearly spelled out.Is my landlord responsible for getting my OIL boiler serviced?
Firstly, GET A WRITEN AGREEMENT! He is foolish for not having one and personally speaking, would be very wary of living in a house where I have no legal recourse if anything were to go wrong. I wouldn't care how cheap the rent is!





Anyway. . . By law he is required to have the boiler serviced yearly by a CORGI registered engineer. Failng to do this could see the local council on his back and any agreement you have to pay or for him to receive rent seriously jeopordised.


He is being a tight fisted skinflint and seriously in breach of Tennant and health and safety laws
your landlord is responsible...by law he should have the boiler serviced annually...you are responsible for all interior decoration ..he is responsible for the boiler standard for insurance purposes and health and safety tennancy agreements say so.I would challenge him or get someone out and bill him for it
No, he should be responsible for the OIL Boiler, however as you do have a written contract it may prove to be a bit hard to get him to service it! I would check with the CAB.
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