Housing Disrepair Tynemouth

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IF YOU HAVE REPORTED ANY ISSUES AND THEY WERE NOT DEALT WITH WITHIN 3 MONTHS YOU CAN MAKE A CLAIM – NO WIN NO FEE
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Housing Disrepair Claims Tynemouth – 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 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 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

Rodent and pest infestation.

Roofing, Windows, Gutters or Drains.

Structural defects to your property

Electrics or Boilers.

Flooding and water leakages.

Housing Disrepair Claims Tynemouth

What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?

As an occupant you do have a particular amount of duty to keep where you live tidy, safe and neat, your local authority or housing association also has a lot of repair and maintenance commitments.
Social Housing landlords are responsible for many repairs in your house, consisting of any damage or disrepair impacting:.
the structure/exterior of the building i.e. the roof, walls, windows and external doors.
main heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys.
supply of water, pipes, sinks, toilets and baths.
external drains and guttering.
gas pipes, electrical circuitry and any home appliances provided i.e. if a cleaning machine is supplied the landlord is likely responsible if it breaks.
common locations like lifts and entrances.
If you live in a home of several profession or an HMO, your property owner has a lot more duties for fire and basic safety, supply of water and drainage, gas and electricity and waste disposal.
These should be detailed in your occupancy arrangement, which our Housing disrepair lawyers can help you understand if you feel like you have the right to claim versus your property manager or social housing association.
We can send someone over to check the damage to your house if you live in social Housing to help us assess if you can make a claim.
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What Is A Housing Association?

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

Taking Your Housing Association to Court for Housing Disrepair

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