Housing Disrepair Tonbridge – Claims Solicitors

Housing Disrepair Tonbridge

Housing Disrepair Tonbridge

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

Call 0808 169 4398 to receive FREE, no obligation advice

  • Free Tonbridge 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 DEALT WITH WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU CAN CLAIM – NO WIN NO FEE
Get a FREE Consultation with our Tonbridge Housing Association Claim Experts Today
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Housing Disrepair Claims Tonbridge – What can I claim 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 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


Pest or Rodent infestation.


Roofing, Windows, Gutters or Drains.


Structural defects to your property


Electrics or Boilers.


Flooding and water leakages.

Housing Disrepair Claims Tonbridge
Disrepair Claims Tonbridge

Repair Work Responsibilities in Housing Association and Tonbridge Resident Authority Homes: Tenants or Landlords?

If you reside in social Housing, your rights and duties as a renter likely differ from if you lived in private leased Housing.
One grey location which occupants tend to do not have understanding in is who spends for residential or commercial property repair work and maintenance in social Housing, particularly if the damage is not the tenant’s fault.
Do the repair responsibilities in housing association and local authority homes fall to the renter or the property manager? The answer is – it depends.
Sometimes it is clear cut that the renter is accountable for a repair work, and often it’s apparent that the property owner should pay up, however what takes place when it isn’t so black and white? Or, what takes place if a housing association neglects their repair obligations and leaves their occupant living in disrepair?
This guide plans to help you develop if your social Housing property owner is attempting to shirk their obligation and what to do about it if they are.
If you live in social or council Housing and your landlord is refusing to make necessary repairs, we can assist.
Repair work and Maintenance in Social Housing

Tonbridge Housing Association Tenant Responsibilities and Repair Obligations.

As a housing association tenant, you have a range of repair work and upkeep obligations, mainly for features inside your residential or commercial property.
If you or somebody visiting your house accidentally or intentionally causes damage, you’ll be the one accountable for repairing it.
If something happens and repair work is needed then you must tell your property owner as soon as possible.
They might consent to carry out property repair and upkeep themselves and then recharge the expense to you, or they may agree to you fixing it.
By law, in every occupancy agreement it will specify that you should give access for repair: your landlord or their agent has the right to access your house as long as they offer you at least twenty-four hours notification.
In an emergency situation, for example if a pipe has burst, and they can’t contact you then they hold the right to enter the home without your permission.
You are accountable for utilizing your home in a “tenant-like” way, which normally implies:.
Carrying out minor repairs yourself i.e. changing fuses and light bulbs.
Keeping your home fairly clean.
Not causing damage to the residential or commercial property – including visitors.
Utilizing any fixtures and fittings effectively, for instance, not blocking a toilet by flushing something unsuitable down it.
It is extremely important to note that at no point during the tenancy do you have the right to stop paying or refuse to pay lease.
Even if your property owner has actually stopped working to carry out repairs, you must continue to pay rent till the end of the occupancy.
If you believe you should not have to pay the full amount, you can form a grievance with the proprietor in which you can mention your reasons.

What Is A Housing Association?

No guide to making real estate association grievances would be total without a complete description of what a real estate association is. These are non-profit making enterprises, which own multiple homes, and are in business of leasing these properties out.
Where a personal property manager might only have one or a handful of properties, a real estate association could possibly be renting out hundreds at a time. All of the earnings made from renting goes towards keeping and improving the homes, along with extending the home portfolio. Real estate association residential or commercial properties that are leased to low-income groups is often offered the name social real estate. It is the in fact non-profit making organisation you would make a claim for real estate association settlement against.
We can help you with real estate association compensation claims, call us on the number down at the end of this guide to find out how we can help you.

What Evidence Do You Need to Complain About the Tonbridge Housing Association?

Part of the answer to the concern, how to make a complaint about Housing association? Is that you must prepare evidence to support your claim, such as:
Copies of all correspondence in between yourself and the Housing association discussing the matter.
Image and video evidence of the problem.
Information of any failed attempts at a repair.
A record of all call regarding the problem.
Medical records if the Housing repair triggered a health issue.
All receipts for anything you have spent to navigate the issue in the short-term.
We is experienced with grumbles about Housing associations and can help you to claim the Housing disrepair settlement you are entitled to. Call us at the number at the bottom of this page to continue.
When You Report A Problem, How Long Do Housing Associations to Address It?
As soon as you have actually made a protest to your Housing association about Housing disrepair, they have a limited time to finish the repair work in. The repair work schedule will be laid out in your tenancy contract and differs in between Housing associations. Once this time duration has actually run, you will then have the ability to start a payment claim.
We can assist you make a injury claim for an injury or health problem brought on by Housing disrepair. Call us at the number down near the bottom of this page to begin your claim today.

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