Paint won't stick to plasterboard joints

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Thanks Alex. Oh, well the place is 17 years old, and I've had it for 11 years. Just the first time I've got round to painting it.

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It's nine months till Christmas, Buzzard. Get your chestnut order in early. ...

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FTA: If the original lease was 1978, and the new substation was built in 1998, does that suggest that it is now due to be replaced again? I wonder if this might be a big cost saving for you, either by making a deal now, or just biding your time until they build a new substation back on the 1978 sit...

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Have they been paying rent since 1999?

Lawcruncher will confirm, but I believe that would prevent any adverse possession claim.

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I've taken a picture to show you what I'm encountering. This latest bit lifted below the bit I patched up on Saturday when I tried to repaint the wall:...

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Looked inside the alarm boxes?

They don't even look inside socket boxes.

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Thanks Interlaken. No, not just where a screw or nail was. I get a jagged vertical strip of paint maybe 2" wide unrolling where the joint compound is.

I think maybe Nukecad is onto something when he mentions spraying. I think the whole place must have been sprayed, as it's all white,...

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Not sure I understand. Presumably they were taped when the place was built.

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Re-decorating a new flat for the first time is proving difficult:

The old emulsion is 'rolling up' on my roller when I find a plasterboard joint. I then have to stop work, and try to fill the jagged hole with filler, and delay finishing a further day. My uncle suggested painting the whole...

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I think your agent will be looking for a new client, won't they?

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Oh, well, then we'll just go through the charade of showing properties to even more people we have no intention of letting to.

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I bet he'll say you need a new consumer unit to accomodate an RCD.

I find it hard to see how anyone manages to shock themselves nowadays unless they stick their fingers in light sockets or have worn cords on appliances.

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You give an electrician carte blanche to look for work to do in your property, and what do you expect to happen? He'll try to convince you that it needs updating to 2019 rules.

(It doesn't.)

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Just saw this which tickled me:

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I have this problem, but I'm the landlord. I have to get a gas certificate every year, but the boiler cupboard requires taking apart before they will touch it, and re-assembling afterwards. This means I have to stooge about for hours in my tenants' kitchen waiting for British Gas to show up.
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I have seen this several times before here on Landlordzone. If tenants were the least bit trustworthy, they would not be in £7k arrears. Get rid!

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Have you come across this website, Islandgirl? I think he is brilliant:...

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It's only private landlords who are targets for this sort of regulation. In reality, TPTB have no concern about tenants, or every property let would have the same rules.

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I would not go down this route at all. A hearing will be called, which will be immediately adjourned for months, due to court duty solicitor asking for time to assess repairs needed.

Just send a s21 when the time comes, then sue in county court for money owing once tenant has left.