Should my landlord pay for broken washing machine?
It depends. Your tenancy agreement should tell you. If a working washing machine was included as part of the agreement then yes he does have to. Some landlords are devious. My sister rented a house and the wiring was dangerous. The landlady gave her one days notice that the flat was to be rewired. All the walls were stripped of plaster and the decor and carpets were ruined. My sister had to pack everything and take her children to stay with my mother for 2 weeks and when she came back the place was like a bombsite and all her belonging were thick with dirt. Even then she was left without hot water for 6 weeks. The b1tch of a landlady tried to tell my sister that she was responsible for redecorating and buying new carpets, and insisted that she paid all of the rent for the weeks she couldn’t live there. All landlords should be made to pass an exam before they can rent a property.
