Problem with my tenant

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I'm currently renting an attic room. The tenant was a bit of a pain at first but I managed to adjust. One week ago he flew out of the country to work somewhere for three weeks.

Last Friday, I came home to find the central heating boiler leaking, complete with a pool of funny-smelling water below it. I cleaned up the mess and turned off the water so it'd stop making a mess.

I'm not sure how this is done in other places, but here the central heating boiler is what brings heat to the entire house. No boiler, no warm water or heating up the radiator.

So after that, I called the tenant to inform him about the leak and ask what to do. He told me to try showering under the circumstances anyway and that he'd fix it as soon as he came home (which at that point was about two weeks later). That advice was retarded so I ignored it. Instead I warmed up some water using the electric stove and used that to clean.

Two days after that, on Sunday, I met up with my family and told them about the situation. They weren't happy so I got in contact with the tenant again, told him showering didn't work out and asked him if he could arrange to get it fixed. He said he was busy but that he could arrange something the following day, Monday, and then started bitching about me using his pans. Apparently his girlfriend came over and found the used pans on the stove. I was baffled over his priorities but apologized as I didn't care as long as I got the heat back.

So Monday came and nothing. I sent him a message at 9pm asking if he arranged something. He read it but didn't reply.

Today I decided to go call a plumber myself. I sent another message to the tenant about this and he did reply to this one to ask if I could get another part replaced while I was at it. However, the plumber never came because apparently they can't do anything if you're not the home owner. I sent a message to the tenant yet again that I can't do anything and he replied, again, that he'd arrange something tomorrow.