Burn the world. Let them know it's LARTing time.

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No gas fitter today. Gosh! etc. I called the cheap idiot landlord and left a fiery message of Biblical vengeance, pointing out that if he wasn't a cheap bastard then this would have been fixed by now, and if he couldn't afford a thousand pounds for the expensive repair then he certainly can't afford the five thousand that the Health and Safety Executive would fine him for this gross breach of the law. Per house. He called back quaking with the fear of God and swearing someone would be around tomorrow. Uh huh. We realised we didn't have his actual address to tell the HSE, so redcountess called the agent, who said they'd been doing what they could to arse-enable him. So TRA LA LA LA FUCKING LA! I'm as pleased as ever.

I'd really like all of this to just be fixed, because with the new Ikea stuff (which is all still in boxes) the house is actually getting quite cosy and livable. Just getting a second bedside table has made an enormous difference. arkady and I have worked out how to organise her room to include a three-sided crib in the right place. Things like that.

My first on-call weekend was pretty good. Broken thing report on Friday, which turned out to be NTL semi-competence. Imagine that. Quiet Saturday and Sunday. Working from home for a week is HEAVENLY. I think I'm going to keep a limpet-like grasp on this job.

Update: I have just scientifically proven that I can successfully do my job sitting watching television without any pants on. Thank goodness my work phone is not a picturephone.

Comments

[octalbunny.livejournal.com]

His address isn't in your contract?

I'm not sure, but if it isn't that may be a LART on the agent too.

[sinibar.livejournal.com]

Yes, I'm trying hard to remember the module on contract law I did in my degree and not doing so very well.

I could be talking bollocks here so check it out. I take it in this case your contract is actually with the agent, not with the landlord.

The landlord signs a contract with the agent agreeing to indemnify them against all liability resulting from the rental of the property. You then sign a contract with the agent for the actual rental of the property. You can then LART the agent, and the agent LARTs the landlord.

In practical terms, LARTing the landlord direct is the best option for most things, but it is impossible to indemnify someone against certain criminal offences. If a crime has been committed, then it may well be the agent that is prosecutable.

LARTing the agent then may well produce the wrath of a thousand vengeful gods upon the landlord.

I must stress that this is all from very hazy memory and therefore may be complete tosh. Get someone who actually knows what they're talking about to check it out.