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New (rubbish) oven in rented flat
purplelinus
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Morning all,
I rent my flat and my landlord replaced our oven back in mid February. I wasn't happy with it from the start and told him (it only has one shelf and I could see it wasnt as good as the old one), he explained that it was the ONLY oven that would fit in the gap (the oven is 50cm wide) and it had to have a FSD (as I live in a flat).
Now I've lived with this oven for a few months and I hate it. It only goes up to gas 8, only has one shelf, the rings seem dangerous as you have to very carefully position the pans or they will tip over. Biggest problem is it just doesn't seem to cook the food properly. Chips (cooked at a gas mark higher, on one higher shelf for 5 minutes longer) come out white and undercooked, the meat on pizza's never seem to crisp up properly and fish cakes are soggy! Have I left it too long to complain again to him? I'm also rather upset as it appears I was lied too. You can get ovens at this width with an FSD but it appears he only wanted to pay £199, no more. He got the cheapest oven possible.
It needs replacing and I need to find a way of getting him to do this otherwise I think we will rent somewhere else, it's really annoying me that much!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Purple
I rent my flat and my landlord replaced our oven back in mid February. I wasn't happy with it from the start and told him (it only has one shelf and I could see it wasnt as good as the old one), he explained that it was the ONLY oven that would fit in the gap (the oven is 50cm wide) and it had to have a FSD (as I live in a flat).
Now I've lived with this oven for a few months and I hate it. It only goes up to gas 8, only has one shelf, the rings seem dangerous as you have to very carefully position the pans or they will tip over. Biggest problem is it just doesn't seem to cook the food properly. Chips (cooked at a gas mark higher, on one higher shelf for 5 minutes longer) come out white and undercooked, the meat on pizza's never seem to crisp up properly and fish cakes are soggy! Have I left it too long to complain again to him? I'm also rather upset as it appears I was lied too. You can get ovens at this width with an FSD but it appears he only wanted to pay £199, no more. He got the cheapest oven possible.
It needs replacing and I need to find a way of getting him to do this otherwise I think we will rent somewhere else, it's really annoying me that much!
Any advice would be greatly appreciated,
Purple
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I love to but I have no where to store it and neither do I have the £250-£300 for a half decent oven.....Renting another place just because of the oven is probably a bit silly though!
Doesn't sound like you can appeal to the better side of his nature either so looks like you're stuck with it.
I'm quite laid back and am not the kind of person to complain without a very good reason......Think I'll just have to suck it up!!
That's what I got. Annoying though as you need 2 if you want to cook and use the microwave.
I agree. You'll just have to put it down to experience and make sure you play close attention to the appliances when you view properties in future.
The old oven got replaced. So couldn't really view a new one although a good landlord would take you out and show you what was available.
That's would I would have hoped - he would have given me a couple of options rather than telling me a lie as he didn't want to pay anymore! He got the cheapest Beko one possible!! I would have prefered to have kept the old oven but now all ovens in flats have to have FSD's so I understand he had to replace it.
Still, when the LO starts school (not for 3½ years though!) we will rent a house as we will have the extra money as we won't be paying for so much childcare. I shal be checking the appliances very carefully though!!
In short, unless this new oven somehow breaks then I doubt your landlord will replace it either. Unless they really have no other option, it seems they're unwilling to bend. I mean hey, it's not them that has to live with it.
With regards to things not cooking right, you will just need to adapt to the new oven. After all, the cooking instructions on all food say it is a guideline and you may need to adapt the times and temperature to suit your appliance.
Chips for example, in my opinion they never cook in the time stated on the bag. They always need AT LEAST another 10 minutes. But the ones I use the most have an extra 15 minutes. I don't particularly like oven chips, especially when they have no colour in them, are soggy and undercooked.
Something you could do relatively cheaply is get an oven thermometer to make sure the oven is actually getting up to the right temperature.
That's an idea, if it's not actually as hot as it should be then surely he can get himself a refund as it must be under warranty....Will look into that!!
Not actually true. A landlord only has to provide a working cooker if the property is a HMO (house of multiple occupation) or it is written in the terms of the agreement or if one was supplied at the begining of the rental agreement.
You may be unhappy with he new one he has supplied so your options are:
Buy your own, move or asking him is there any case of replacing it.
Was it installed by a qualified fitter? If so he should have checked that before installing it.
In the first post the op says it does have an FSD.
Ah. I must put on my glasses.
What is the make/model you have ?
He's not using it so he has no way of knowing it's crap. Give him some of the examples you've given here, especially about the hob being unstable and food being undercooked when you've followed the instructions. These are all dangerous.
You need to, at least, give him the opportunity to do something about it.