No heating or hot water with a baby
Hi gorloes sorry I haven't been on but I've been moving house.
So this morning, oh put the heating on and left for work. Me an lo got up an hour later and the house is still cold...can't work out why bur with some investigating, realised our oil tank was empty...we just moved in to our rented flat on Thursday evening!
The agency say were responsible for paying for oil but it's ??430 to fill the tank and that's the lowest amount of fuel you cab purchase at one time so I can't but any less so I have no heatng or hot water! The agency never told us the tank was empty before we signed the lease but when I called today they told me they were aware it was nearly empty!
What can I do girls? I thought that legally every child under 5 must have hot water and heating no? Aaargh nightmare!!!
So this morning, oh put the heating on and left for work. Me an lo got up an hour later and the house is still cold...can't work out why bur with some investigating, realised our oil tank was empty...we just moved in to our rented flat on Thursday evening!
The agency say were responsible for paying for oil but it's ??430 to fill the tank and that's the lowest amount of fuel you cab purchase at one time so I can't but any less so I have no heatng or hot water! The agency never told us the tank was empty before we signed the lease but when I called today they told me they were aware it was nearly empty!
What can I do girls? I thought that legally every child under 5 must have hot water and heating no? Aaargh nightmare!!!
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I take it you have electricity so can at least boil the kettle for bathing and still cook etc?
C
Obviously I don't know what your financial circumstances are - can you borrow from family/ put it on a credit card/ get temp overdraft?? Think you will have to just get the tank filled up as quickly as you can. Do you know how long the ??430 will last for?
I think the legal thing you mentioned is more for utility companies - they are not allowed to cut off elec/gas in homes where there are babies now....
Really hope you get some soon.... I'm assuming you have elec too and can at least boil a kettle & cook?
xx