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Housing Disrepair Claims Brighton and Hove – What can I declare for?

We examine claims on a case to case basis. Areas you can declare for are:

Payment for residing in a property with disrepair
Personal effects that has actually been damaged due to disrepair
Injury to your health caused by the disrepair.

Just how much compensation could I receive?

Our primary objective is to get your home fixed to your lawyer’s standard not to the property manager’s requirement. Everybody has a legal right to live in a well-maintained property.

A property manager will offer compensation depending upon the seriousness of the disrepair and the length of time, compensation differs on a case to case basis. You can also declare for any personal products you have actually needed to change due to the disrepair.

For your claim to succeed you need to have advised the Council. We can assist in helping you do this free of charge.

Mould or Damp Problems

Rodent and pest infestation.

Roofing, Windows, Gutters or Drains.

Structural defects to your property

Electrics or Boilers.

Flooding and water leakages.

Housing Disrepair Claims Brighton and Hove

What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?

As a tenant you do have a specific quantity of responsibility to keep where you live clean, safe and neat, your regional authority or housing association also has a lot of repair and maintenance obligations.
Social Housing landlords are accountable for many repairs in your home, including any damage or disrepair affecting:.
the structure/exterior of the structure i.e. the roofing, walls, windows and external doors.
main heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys.
supply of water, pipes, sinks, toilets and baths.
external drains pipes and guttering.
gas pipelines, electrical wiring and any appliances provided i.e. if a cleaning device is offered the proprietor is most likely accountable if it breaks.
common areas like lifts and entrances.
If you live in a home of numerous profession or an HMO, your property owner has much more duties for fire and general security, water supply and drainage, gas and electricity and waste disposal.
These should be detailed in your occupancy arrangement, which our Housing disrepair solicitors can help you comprehend if you seem like you deserve to claim against your proprietor or social housing association.
We can send out someone over to check the damage to your house if you live in social Housing to assist us assess if you can make a claim.
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Brighton and Hove Housing Association Tenant Responsibilities and Repair Obligations.

As a housing association occupant, you have a variety of repair and maintenance responsibilities, mainly for functions inside your home.
For example, if you or someone visiting your house inadvertently or deliberately triggers damage, you’ll be the one responsible for fixing it.
If something occurs and repair work is required then you need to inform your landlord as soon as possible.
They may consent to perform property repair and maintenance themselves and then charge the cost to you, or they may agree to you repairing it.
By law, in every occupancy agreement it will specify that you need to admit for repair work: your property owner or their representative has the right to access your home as long as they give you a minimum of twenty-four hours notification.
In an emergency, for example if a pipeline has burst, and they can’t contact you then they hold the right to go into the residential or commercial property without your consent.
You are accountable for utilizing your home in a “tenant-like” way, which generally suggests:.
Carrying out minor repairs yourself i.e. changing fuses and light bulbs.
Keeping your house fairly tidy.
Not triggering damage to the residential or commercial property – consisting of visitors.
Utilizing any components and fittings correctly, for example, not obstructing a toilet by flushing something inappropriate down it.
It is extremely important to keep in mind that at no point during the occupancy do you can stop paying or refuse to pay lease.
Even if your property owner has actually failed to perform repair work, you must continue to pay rent up until the end of the occupancy.
If you think you should not need to pay the full amount, you can form a grievance with the property owner in which you can state your factors.