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Your claim for disrepair i.e. forcing Housing Asscociation or Council to carry out repairs will not cost you anything because our fees will be paid by your Housing Asscociation or Council.

However, if we also recover compensation for you, we will agree with you a proportion of this as a success fee. If we do not recover compensation there will of course be no further charge to you. All of this can be explained when we speak to you.

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Housing Disrepair Halifax

If Yes & Your Halifax Housing Association or Council is Ignoring You

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IF YOU HAVE REPORTED ANY OF THESE ISSUES AND THEY WERE NOT FIXED WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU CAN MAKE A CLAIM – NO WIN NO FEE
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Housing Disrepair Claims Halifax - 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 with no cost.

Damp or mould Problems

Rodent and pest infestation.

Roofing, Windows, Gutters or Drains.

Structural defects to your property

Boilers and Electrics.

Flooding and water leakages.

Disrepair Claims Halifax

Repair Work Commitments in Housing Association and Halifax Resident Authority Houses: Occupants or Landlords?

If you reside in social Housing, your rights and obligations as a renter most likely vary from if you lived in personal rented Housing. One grey location which tenants tend to lack understanding in is who pays for property repair work and upkeep in social Housing, specifically if the damage is not the tenant’s fault. Do the repair obligations in housing association and local authority houses are up to the tenant or the proprietor? The response is – it depends. Sometimes it is clear cut that the tenant is accountable for a repair, and sometimes it’s apparent that the landlord should pay up, but what occurs when it isn’t so black and white? Or, what takes place if a housing association neglects their repair work obligations and leaves their renter living in disrepair? This guide intends to assist you develop if your social Housing proprietor is trying to shirk their duty and what to do about it if they are. If you reside in social or council Housing and your landlord is refusing to make necessary repairs, we can help. Repair work and Maintenance in Social Housing

What is a Housing Association Repairs and Maintenance Policy on Health and Safety Standards?

There are certain health and wellness standards which apply to rented homes. By law, your house needs to be safe and in shape to reside in when your occupancy begins and this need to continue throughout the occupancy. From the beginning to the end of your occupancy, your housing association has responsibilities to fix and keep safety of:. The gas supply and gas appliances they supply. Electrical wiring and electrical appliances they offer. Condensation, damp and mould are also common problems that you might come across. You need to report issues with this to your proprietor instantly. Every proprietor, whether they are a regional authority or a housing association, has obligations to fix damp and mould, as well as to determine the cause of the problem. After you’ve reported the problem, a maintenance they are accountable for need to be carried out. If the condensation has taken place due to a stopping working to provide sufficient ventilation on their part, it’s their task to solve the ventilation concern. Damp and mould can position a severe danger to health, triggering respiratory issues like asthma and bronchitis, specifically in children. This is why it is important that you report it to your property manager, which they arrange it out as rapidly as possible. Everyone deserves a safe house. Are features of your home risky, and has your social Housing landlord stopped working to make the required repair work? To find out more about your housing association responsibilities to occupants, get in touch.

What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?

As an occupant you do have a particular amount of responsibility to keep where you live tidy, safe and neat, your regional authority or housing association also has a lot of repair and upkeep responsibilities. Social Housing proprietors are responsible for most repairs in your home, consisting of any damage or disrepair affecting:. the structure/exterior of the building i.e. the roofing system, walls, windows and external doors. main heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys. water system, pipes, sinks, toilets and baths. external drains and guttering. gas pipelines, electrical circuitry and any devices supplied i.e. if a cleaning device is supplied the property manager is most likely accountable if it breaks. common locations like lifts and entryways. If you live in a home of numerous occupation or an HMO, your property manager has even more duties for fire and basic safety, supply of water and drain, gas and electrical energy and garbage disposal. These should be detailed in your tenancy agreement, which our Housing disrepair solicitors can help you comprehend if you feel like you have the right to claim against your landlord or social housing association. We can send someone over to examine the damage to your house if you reside in social Housing to help us assess if you can make a claim. Get in touch.

Following Your Housing Association’s Complaints Process

Your Housing association will have its own protests treatment. You need to have been offered information of this treatment when you signed your occupancy agreement. If you do not have it, call your Housing association and request for a copy in writing. You should follow this treatment correctly, only when this procedure fails to get your Housing disrepair repaired, will there be a route to making a compensation claim. We can help you to make personal injury claims for an injury or illness triggered by Housing disrepair. Call us on the number down near the bottom of this guide to begin your claim today.

Taking Your Housing Association to Court for Housing Disrepair

As soon as you have actually completed your Housing association problems treatment, you will then need to wait 8 weeks. Throughout this 8-week duration, your Housing association ought to resolve your complaint for you. If it does not, then you will need to bring a claims case against them, which will either be settled out of court, or go to court for judgement. We can assist you take your Housing associated to court. Call us at the number at the bottom of this page to find out how we can do this.

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