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I think you're right, but the three things that grate are a) not taking responsibility for minimising the risk of infection through proper cleaning, controlling contractors, allowing a clean break between tenants, b) deliberately delaying decorating, which could have been done over the summer and c) the piss-take £50 offer.
Finding somewhere where they can all live together will be very difficult, so the best outcome is probably to push to get the decorating done sooner and get a better rebate. Tactics for this?
They're 2nd years, my daughter is just young...
Markyboy-
Tactics for this
Withholding rent payments. Though of course that comes with risk
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Absolutely get that the safety stuff with CV19 changes the situation.
Not that it's any consolation, but one of our group of uni mates were told that their place would be renovated over the summer. It was. Unfortunately they didn't finish it. So when they rocked up in September it was a building site with no kitchen etc.
Tactics for this?
Write a list of all the points of leverage you have and try and then work out a way to sell the estate agent that this will turn into an absolute nightmare.
Maybe get the LL to up the offer to £70 to cover the cost of the small claims fee? For eg what were the costs for your DD to get back home?
Also if the LL runs this through a company find out all the details on it. CH is now pretty open. Then maybe see if anyone has a premium subscription to something like creditsafe to get more intel on him. Same with the LL.
PhilDAS
hugo7
The real fucker is going to be finding an alternative. By now all the decent student houses will have already been let.
TBH it a lot of this sounds like standard student house stuff. I get that accommodation costs in Bristol are punchy so it's that much more galling. But this is common and dare I say it part of growing up.
Imo the choices are;
I doubt 3. will get much traction, so they'll probably still have to file small claims. But as 1st yrs they'll have plenty of time on their hands to do this.