Fixing house problems

i live in a shared student house and our main bathrooms shower/bath has been broken for about 6 months now and nothing has been done about it, although we call them all the time the fob us off with excuses and say stuff like the plumber is getting the part etc. We are lucky there are 2 other bathrooms in the house with working showers but these are en-suite and its a pain in the mornings. We are going to tell the letting agency tomorrow that we are only going to pay half rent until its fixed, when it is fixed we will give them the remaining rent. We are gonna put the money in an account so it is there waiting to be paid in as soon as the problem is fixed. is this ok to do, legally etc? and is there anything else i we can do? someone told me that not paying rent is breaking our agreement, but the letting agency have broken theres by not fixing the problems around the house and its been more than 6 months... thanks to anyone who has any advice for me it would be much appreciated.

me and my partner moved in to a flat last weds, we've found problem after problem and when the estate agents plumber came to take a look he said we shouldn't have been permitted to move in with the house in this state. the main bits are the plumbing could burst at any time, boiler unit is hanging off the wall and incredibly old, and theres mold everywhere etc etc.
me and my partner aren't happy with the estate agent saying she has no idea when anything could even start getting fixed on the house, let alone how long it will take. the bedroom is freezing cold and my daughter has had to stay with my mother for a while as she's been very very ill, im in the early stages of pregnancy and my partner is at his wits end. we don't know what to do next, we can't stay in that house while the repairs are going on because ALL the piping needs ripping out, new boiler, new rads the lot. my estate agent admitted they only check for holes in walls and missing windows basically (if anyone had looked a bit better they'd have seen huge puddles in the kitchen). as we can't stay during the repairs does anyone know if the estate agent has to provide a place for us to stay or have any other advice for us? please?! staying with my mother tonight as its too bad in the house.

• Overheating Economy – Since the Chinese economy is growing so quickly there are concerns this could lead to overwhelming inflation rates. This is particularly a problem because of China’s loose monetary policy, undervalued exchange rate and the property boom.
• Property Boom – The prices of houses throughout china have risen significantly. Although a steady rise in house prices is good, this huge rise has raised concerns that the property ‘bubble’ may burst and so cause negative effects throughout the Chinese economy.

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What is china doing to fix these economic problems?

I live in a flat on the top (2nd) floor flat in my block. The water pressure is very low much of the time but sometimes ok. Three times recently, however, I've run out of cold water altogether. This has happened in the morning when the second of two people in the house has been showering. I wonder if anyone knows of a common cause and fix of the problem or if I have to resort to getting a plumber out. Thanks, Andy.

My boyfriend and I moved into a rented house in January. From the start we had problems with it. They kept putting off the moving in date because things weren't finished etc and then when we did finally move in they were still fixing plumbing, floorboards etc. This was all sorted eventually and although it was annoying due to the fact they'd promised us a moving date and we'd moved 200miles so had to stay in a hotel until it was ready, we were just relieved for it all to be sorted in the end.
Anyway that's some background on what the agency is like.
About 2-3 months ago loads of the fencing was blown down in the garden. Not just a few planks, whole panels that are lying all over the place. We are a middle terrace so now have no privacy in our garden from either side. We have been asking and asking for them to sort it out but they still haven't done anything. We didn't pay the rent this month on time and told them we'd pay it once they'd got it sorted. Continued below!
They promised that it would be sorted within the week as long as we paid the rent so we did and surprise, surprise it hasn't been sorted! Are we being unreasonable expecting them to fix things like that? It's just we really want to be able to use the garden now that the summer's coming! If you've read this far after my babbling then thank you!!
Does anyone have any advice, know the rules for this type of thing??

please help i am renting a property from an estate agency who promised to fix a few repairs which need doing:
The letter box is broken
The door bell don't work
The tiles in both bathroom are all cracked and dangerous
The light in my little girl bedroom doesn't work all the wires are hanging out the ceiling
And the whole house is so dirty
There are other problems but the list goes on i had the manager of the estate agents come round and i paid my months rent to him and he promised the work would get done but 4 weeks on and no work is done i haven't paid the last months rent as i dont think i should and they keep phoning me cause i am in rent earears what can i do as these estate agents only seem to want to get there money and not worring what state the house is in thank you all the advise i can get would be appreciated.