Allied Homes

When I moved into my flat it was absolutely putrid. Certain parts of it hadn't seemed to be cleaned in years! For example- the air vent in the kitchen was actually sealed over with a thick brown tar which was even running down the pull cord and dripping onto the kitchen work surface! The kitchen floor was caked in mouse droppings, dead insects, and bits of food, dust, slimy cutlery etc. That's just 2 of the 100 examples of filth. Throughout my tenancy they were very slow and reluctant to carry out very necessary repairs- i.e. the kitchen floor caving in etc. Initially the property had a faulty outdated boiler and a gas engineer actually told me that he hadn't seen one like that in decades! I quickly started to suffer from symptoms of low exposure carbon monoxide poisoning- and sure enough my CO alarm indicated low levels of CO! Instead of immediately sending out a gas safety engineer as they should have- they instead insisted that the alarm was faulty and simply replaced it. The new alarm also went off. And to my absolute shock Allied Homes did the same thing again, just insisted the new alarm was faulty and gave me a 3rd alarm!!! (which went off again). If I had the time and energy I would pursue legal action for this dangerous level of neglect. I had to argue with them for many months before they finally replaced the boiler. When I vacated the property it was thoroughly cleaned (despite being given to me filthy), and the property has been vastly improved by my insistence on them carrying out various repairs. What thanks did I get for it? They tried to take deposit money from me, making up a list of "damages", actually going so far as to tell me I had "defaced" the property. Thankfully I am used to dealing with con artist landlords and so I had photographic evidence that disproved all of their lies. I got my deposit back in the end despite their best efforts to steal from me. Please avoid Allied Homes. It's not worth the major stress!