Legal assistance with rental problems

Questioner

I live in a rental house with a double central heating boiler and a rental boiler. The double central heating boiler is really not connected and the boiler has been broken since then and has been rejected by an energy company. I have contacted my landlord and they say that I either have to sign a 12-year contract with the same energy company for a new boiler, or buy a boiler myself or face a rent increase if they connect the hot water to the double central heating boiler that is already there but not yet connected. Actually, I am the victim of the fact that it has been arranged this way. Can my landlord increase the rent if I can in principle do nothing about the fact that the boiler is broken and hot water is, in my opinion, a basic need that you already rent from the tenant?

Lawyer

If you rent the house with a boiler and central heating boiler, the landlord must take care of this in case of repairs etc., even if the boiler is rejected. Your rental contract can provide clarity about this. Depending on the agreements made, you are bound to a new rental contract for the boiler or the landlord may increase the rent, but this depends on what has been agreed. If you want, you can send me the rental contract so that I can advise you better.