Girino
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We rented our first place in Argentina last month, and so far it was cold for a few days, only. We discovered heating was not working about 3-4 weeks after we signed the contract (first 2 weeks we worked on the apartment and did not actually lived there).
We called the landlord who called the plumber, who then referred to a specialized plumber because the boiler was okay and so the issue is in the piping.
The expert said that they used crappy pipes with a plastic linen, and that with hot water the plastic dilated, then broke and now when the water passes through, it lifts the plastic, clogging the pipe. The expert said that this kind of pipes were meant for floor heating and not regular heating (make sense, since floor heating uses water at lower temps) and he saw that in other places, too. So the piping should be redone, and the landlord is okay with this because he said he bought the apartment with a 10 years guarantee by the manufacturer, so he is not supposed to pay a dime.
Now it's been a month since we made the landlord aware of the problem, and he suggested us to buy a portable heater while he figures out with the building administrator and the manufacturer/guarantor about the replumbing. We lent a small portable heater from a family member, but it is small and our place is like a loft, so there is a huge open space on two levels and it is not enough (not to mention that we work at home, and staying sat all day in cold feels even colder). We have two A/C units, one came with the house and the other we bought it from the previous tenant (who said that one had heating capability, which turned out being FALSE).
Of course, I don't think anybody tried to scam anybody, but the fact is that we are and will be without heating and the weather forecast says temperatures will be dropping soon. I am not okay with a place missing heating - of course, if we had know this BEFORE renting, we wouldn't have rented this place.
And I don't like the idea of spending weeks with plumbers coming and going, either (works are likely to be dragging for weeks, we are in Argentina!).
So my question is: should we pay the rent in full? For me, replumbing is a major work on the house and it doesn't allow to enjoy the apartment fully. Not to mention that being an open space, I don't know where we are supposed to stay while they work. The plumber said that instead of breaking walls and replacing old tubes, he could simply put new tubes outside the wall, and then a layman should cover them with plasterboard.
Whatever, it looks likes a mess, and a mess that is not being dealt with in a timely manner!
And on the minus side, we are waiting for a layman to repair the roof, and then the painter to redone where water infiltrated. :angry: :angry: :angry:
We called the landlord who called the plumber, who then referred to a specialized plumber because the boiler was okay and so the issue is in the piping.
The expert said that they used crappy pipes with a plastic linen, and that with hot water the plastic dilated, then broke and now when the water passes through, it lifts the plastic, clogging the pipe. The expert said that this kind of pipes were meant for floor heating and not regular heating (make sense, since floor heating uses water at lower temps) and he saw that in other places, too. So the piping should be redone, and the landlord is okay with this because he said he bought the apartment with a 10 years guarantee by the manufacturer, so he is not supposed to pay a dime.
Now it's been a month since we made the landlord aware of the problem, and he suggested us to buy a portable heater while he figures out with the building administrator and the manufacturer/guarantor about the replumbing. We lent a small portable heater from a family member, but it is small and our place is like a loft, so there is a huge open space on two levels and it is not enough (not to mention that we work at home, and staying sat all day in cold feels even colder). We have two A/C units, one came with the house and the other we bought it from the previous tenant (who said that one had heating capability, which turned out being FALSE).
Of course, I don't think anybody tried to scam anybody, but the fact is that we are and will be without heating and the weather forecast says temperatures will be dropping soon. I am not okay with a place missing heating - of course, if we had know this BEFORE renting, we wouldn't have rented this place.
And I don't like the idea of spending weeks with plumbers coming and going, either (works are likely to be dragging for weeks, we are in Argentina!).
So my question is: should we pay the rent in full? For me, replumbing is a major work on the house and it doesn't allow to enjoy the apartment fully. Not to mention that being an open space, I don't know where we are supposed to stay while they work. The plumber said that instead of breaking walls and replacing old tubes, he could simply put new tubes outside the wall, and then a layman should cover them with plasterboard.
Whatever, it looks likes a mess, and a mess that is not being dealt with in a timely manner!
And on the minus side, we are waiting for a layman to repair the roof, and then the painter to redone where water infiltrated. :angry: :angry: :angry:
