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Aug 5, 2019

Very disappointed with intercounty safety issues

Very disappointed with intercounty. In the process of leaving the property we discovered that the electrics have not been tested since 1992 with the recommendation that they were tested again in 1997 written on the box. When we informed Intercounty of this they stated that it is not a legal requirement to test the electrical safety of a property! However, it is a legal responsibility to check that the property is electrically safe. We also discovered that all electrics were kept on a wooden box which is of course a fire hazard not only to the property that we were renting but to surrounding properties! Intercounty don't seem to take the safety of their tenants very seriously which is disappointing especially when young children were living in the household. At the beginning of the tenancy we had just moved in with a new born baby, the property smelt of burning rubber. It took intercounty weeks to get anyone to come and look at it. As soon as they discovered that it was not carbon monoxide (which is odourless) they failed to bother with any further tests. It was down to us to get out environmental health. Prior to moving into the property it was infested with moths which intercounty failed to disclose. We spoke multiple times to them and they failed to do anything about it. The moths destroyed numerous items of our clothing and soft furnishings despite our best attempts to get rid of them. Upon leaving the property intercounty are expecting us to pay for the damage caused by the moths to the carpets! They have no trace of any of the complaints that we made about the property during our stay and it is now up to us to find evidence of this. Really disappointed by their appalling customer service and the way that they have endangered our family.