Housing Disrepair Haverhill – Claims Solicitors

Housing Disrepair Haverhill

Housing Disrepair Haverhill

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

Call 0808 169 4398 to receive FREE, no obligation advice

  • Free Haverhill Legal Advice
  • Free Home Survey To Assess Damage
  • Free Repairs To Your Property
  • No Win No Fee Claim

IF YOU HAVE REPORTED ANY OF THESE ISSUES AND THEY WERE NOT FIXED WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU CAN CLAIM – NO WIN NO FEE
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Housing Disrepair Claims Haverhill – 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 money 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 a 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


Pest or Rodent infestation.


Roofing, Windows, Gutters or Drains.


Structural defects to your property


Electrics or Boilers.


Flooding and water leakages.

Housing Disrepair Claims Haverhill
Disrepair Claims Haverhill

Repair Work Commitments in Housing Association and Haverhill Local Authority Homes: Renters or Landlords?

If you live in social Housing, your rights and responsibilities as an occupant most likely differ from if you resided in private rented Housing.
One grey location which renters tend to do not have understanding in is who pays for property repair work and upkeep in social Housing, particularly if the damage is not the renter’s fault.
Do the repair commitments in housing association and local authority homes are up to the tenant or the proprietor? The answer is – it depends.
Often it is clear cut that the tenant is responsible for a repair work, and sometimes it’s apparent that the proprietor should pay up, however what occurs when it isn’t so black and white? Or, what happens if a housing association neglects their repair work responsibilities and leaves their tenant living in disrepair?
This guide means to help you develop if your social Housing property manager is trying to shirk their responsibility and what to do about it if they are.
If you reside in social or council Housing and your proprietor is refusing to make necessary repair work, we can assist.
Repairs and Maintenance in Social Housing

What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?

Although as a renter you do have a particular amount of duty to keep where you live tidy, safe and neat, your regional authority or housing association likewise has a lot of repair and maintenance obligations.
Social Housing proprietors are responsible for the majority of repairs in your house, consisting of any damage or disrepair affecting:.
the structure/exterior of the structure i.e. the roofing system, walls, windows and external doors.
central heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys.
supply of water, pipelines, sinks, toilets and baths.
external drains pipes and guttering.
gas pipelines, electrical circuitry and any appliances provided i.e. if a washing maker is supplied the property manager is most likely responsible if it breaks.
common locations like lifts and entrances.
If you reside in a house of multiple occupation or an HMO, your landlord has a lot more obligations for fire and basic safety, water supply and drainage, gas and electrical energy and garbage disposal.
These ought to be detailed in your tenancy contract, which our Housing disrepair solicitors can help you understand if you seem like you deserve to claim against your proprietor or social housing association.
We can send somebody over to check the damage to your home if you live in social Housing to assist us evaluate if you can make a claim.
Contact us.

When Could Make A Complaint About Your Haverhill Housing Association?

Choosing just when to make a grievance to your real estate association will boil down to just how bad the housing disrepair really is. For example, if it is the middle of winter and the main heating system has actually broken down, you will want to complain rapidly. Nevertheless, in your tenancy agreement, you will find info about the maximum timescale that your real estate association needs to repair particular types of repair work. If this maximum timescale has not run, then you need to be reporting the requirement for a repair, instead of making a problem about a repair not being carried out.
We can help you claim for real estate disrepair from your real estate association. Call us on the phone number down at the end of this guide to continue.

Taking Your Housing Association to Court for Housing Disrepair

Once you have completed your Housing association problems procedure, you will then need to wait 8 weeks. Throughout this 8-week duration, your Housing association should resolve your problem 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 discover how we can do this.

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