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ctkathy
Joined 2008
Posts: 29

Problem with flat

15 years ago

Have been in this flat as of late July 2008. Lease coming up for renewal and we find out the building is planning on shutting down the lift for 6 weeks. There have been some problems with the lift this past year and we were told the works would take 6 weeks to correct.

Our flat is on the 6th floor, so that means 7 flights of stairs up and down.

This is a VERY expensive flat in central London.

I'm scheduled to go back to the US next week until August 20 so this is not a good time to quickly look for another flat and move (which I would do if I were here) but I cannot change my plans at this point.

Are there any legal ramifications to this sort of thing? Can we force them to put us in a hotel for the duration of the lift outage? Should I contact Westminster Council and if so what department?

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