Wasps Nest
Question: Dear Adrian, I have a tenants in a 3 bedroom semi detached house and they have asked me to deal with a wasp...
Prevention of Rats and Mice Notice
I have just had a notice from our local authority requesting that I remove some waste from the rear of one of our...
Police Broken Door
A perhaps surprisingly common question we get is what is the position where the police break down a tenants door? Who...
Failure to Comply with Initial Requir...
Paula O’Brien v Jacqueline Jones & Andrew Alexander (T/A Belvoir Huntingdon). Northampton County Court, Claim...
Maintenance of fire blankets and exti...
Question Hi Adrian Please could you advise what the current legislation is on providing fire safety equipment. Going...
Condensation
Introduction Before the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) introduced by the Housing Act 2004, there have...
No joy for buy to let ‘King and Queen...
A couple who have been described as the ‘King and Queen’ of the buy to let market after they reputedly...
Right of entry
In a lease in which the lessor’s repairing covenant is implied there is also implied a covenant by the lessee...
Landlord not liable until notice of d...
O’Brien and Another Appellants v. Robinson Respondent [1973] 2 W.L.R. 393 House of Lords HL Lord Reid, Lord...
Requirement of Notice
Requirement of notice Where the landlord covenants to keep in repair property which is the possession of the tenant,...
Must landlord install safety glass?
Alker v Collingwood Housing Association – [2007] 2 EGLR 43 Court of Appeal, Laws, Carnwath and Moore-Bick L.JJ. ...
Measure of damages for breach of land...
Withholding rent whilst repairs are carried out Where the tenant does not actually expend sums on having repairs...
Implied repairing obligations in shor...
By s.11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 there is to be implied into every lease of a dwelling-house to which the...
Infestation by rats
The invasion of the house from time to time by rats, even in considerable numbers, is ...Please login (via sidebar) or...
Fit for human habitation
There is an implied covenant in every lease at a low rent to ensure any dwelling let is fit for human habitation. It...


