Housing disrepair compensation claims can be made where you have informed your landlord of repairs required, but your landlord failed to address your complaint or ignored you completely.
You have the right to take legal action against the landlord by claiming housing compensation and compelling them to fix the housing disrepair. You can do it via Claim Against Your Landlord; we will help you achieve your right.
The type of disrepair you are dealing with will determine how much you can claim from your landlord. You will not know until you get in touch with our experts. However, we can tell you the damages you can seek.
The courts have confirmed in Wallace & Others v Manchester City Council [1998] 30 HLR 1111 and English Churches Housing Group v Shine [2004] EWCA CIV 434 that general damages are calculated as a proportion of the rent paid for the time period of disrepair. Such damages can increase, particularly if the disrepair has lasted for a longer period or the rent is high.
It is a process in which you, the tenant do not have to pay any upfront fees for housing disrepair claims until successful, at which point there will be a 25% deduction in any compensation received. The remaining legal costs will be recovered from the landlord. We understand your suffering in a rented home needing repairs. This process helps you, and you won’t have to pay anything until the claim becomes successful and you achieve landlord repairs/compensation.
Our panel of experts offer you no win on fee process and allows you the best legal representation that you deserve without worrying about financial effects.
No win no fee is a process free of cost. We will pay the legal costs and when your claim becomes successful, you will get 75% of the compensation recovered. It allows you to fully get into the process without any fees upfront. It’s a simple and fast process.
You may reach out to us to find out more.
The length of the process is often determined by whether your landlord admits liability right away for your housing disrepair and compensation claim. In most cases, a letter from our panel solicitor will convince your landlord to complete property repairs. Very few cases are required to go to court. The process usually takes 6-12 months to complete, and each case is different.
You have to provide some evidence to make your claim successful. This includes:
Whoever is organising the survey is usually the one who pays for it. We are here to help you in this matter. The average UK houses survey cost is between £500 - £1000, depending on the property size and survey type. Our panel solicitors will fund this cost if they are confident in your claim. This fee will be recoverable from the landlord or their insurers.
You can proceed without a surveyor report, but doing so is very risky, and it would be harder to prove your claim will expert evidence.
Once your survey report is obtained an agreed by you, a copy will be served to your landlord. They should respond whether they admit the disrepair or not. If not, then you are allowed to either negotiate the damages if you are satisfied or you may wish to proceed the matter to the court.