Recent content by john tee

Hi to everyone, I will be pushing the letting agent further for the required certificates & inspection documents as a matter of urgency. Also I have found a list of local accredited persons who should be competent to undertake a survey failing a negative from the agents or the elusive...

Hi to everyone, I'm absolutely overwhelmed by the advice and support of each members contribution to our dilemma. Your provided information gives us constructive ammunition to fire at these inadequate letting organisations and the individuals they represent. I will of course be using it to...

Hi, Many thanks for your time and advice. The house is let by an estate agent on behalf of its owners. My daughter never received any energy efficiency certificate or energy performance certificate when she took residence. In fact the heating did not work at all for many weeks until a local...

Hi, My daughter has just moved into a private landlord property which has very old gas central heating fitted. The boiler is floor mounted in the kitchen and controlled by a RANDAL 103 timer which turns it on or off. There is no Zone Valve fitted to select "Hot Water" only, i.e. if she wants...

Hello to everyone, Thanks for all your suggestions, I intend to follow each avenue of thought. Yeh, even cutting their electricity cable. Sheffield Insulation is about an hours drive from me but I'll ring them after the UK Bank Holiday Weekend and ask their advice too. Maybe they'll have a...

Cheers Anton, your reply is well received. Detached house, not unless I get the Lottery tomorrow. I'm retired now and whilst I enjoy music of ALL tastes I detest the Bass BOOM, BOOM of inconsiderate neighbours. I was a guitar player in the bands of the 60's and my gear gave a good 'kick' to an...

I live in a 1950's semi which is a solid walled, poured concrete, structure. Whilst the house itself has a wall thickness of nearly 11 inches, there is no cavity to aid noise suppression between myself and my neighbor. I've addressed the downstairs problem by installing drywall noise insulation...