Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25

Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by Scoundreller on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @10:06PM (#18447141)

> I was subletting so had no grounds for complaint

How does that work?

You may not be eligible for regular tenant protections, but you're still eligible for recourse through regular courts, no?

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by jlangenauer on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @03:56AM (#18448504)

This is in the UK. Laws protecting tenants there are, to put it politely, pretty thin.

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by nvarsj on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:16AM (#18449283)

I'll put it un-politely: they stink!

My first rental in London had bad mould problems. The landlord refused to fix them. We ended up with dehumidifiers throughout the house to keep it under control. When we left after a year, he complained at us for keeping dehumidifiers around when potential tenants came to visit - it raised too many questions! This was a 2200+/mo rental that he had bought for about 100k 15 years ago. What a crook.

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by leoc on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @07:47AM (#18449421)

There was recently a vote in Parliament to require landlords to keep their rented properties fit for human habitation. It failed: https://fullfact.org/economy/did-mps-vote-against-homes-havi...

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by dd36 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:04AM (#18449873)

What on earth?!? What about hotel rooms? So AirBnB in UK is dangerous?

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by scottmf on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:11AM (#18450928)

A lot of MPs are landlords

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by 88 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @03:34AM (#18448431)

If you’re subletting a place, you have no legal right to reside there, so one would expect legal recourse to be limited.

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by distances on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @11:06AM (#18450893)

Is this about illegal subletting, then? As normal subletting is fully legal in jurisdictions I know about.

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Re:Build a do-it-yourself home air purifier for about $25 by pfortuny on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @09:03AM (#18449868)

Well, the courts may simply tell you that you have no right to live there. So you risk being expelled at the same time you win your trial.

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