HI
I have been waiting for 6 weeks for my landlord to repair the boiler and my three children and myself have had no running hot water for that time. It transpires he had to take out a new insurance policy and wait over a month before claiming.

I had to pay my rent six monthly in advance as being a new single parent I had no income record to satisfy the letting agents. my rent is over £2000 pm! NB I am not on benefits

There was also a crack in an external wall that needed repairing and I am still waiting for the internal decoration to be finished, some 10 months later, including repairs to wall sockets.

I am severely ill with pleurisy and pneumonia and now my landlord says I am in breach of my tenancy for not being able to “maintain the garden fortnightly” those being the wording in the tenancy agreement and no description of maintenance work required
He has also accused me of being “unclean”

Have I a claim for compensation regarding the water? and has he the right to withold the deposit under these circumstances?

Also I am very concerned I might be party to some kind of insurance fraud regarding the boiler.