legal aid housing

Tenants of a social housing contemplating legal action against their landlords

November 8, 2012

After waiting for two months for their landlord to repair their leaking roof three angry tenants at three flats in Spalding have rounded on him. The heavy overnight rains since last Tuesday and Wednesday caused major damage to walls, ceilings, carpets and a fire alarm system for three flats in Market place run by social […]

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Homeowners win case against council over repairing bills for work on two blocks

November 8, 2012

The leaseholders on the Tremlett Grove Estate, in Archway, took Islington Council to the Leaseholders Valuation Tribunal (LVT) arguing that the authority was overcharging by seven figures for work on two blocks. The LVT had told the council to slash the bill by £225,000 meaning each of the 14 leaseholders were getting a discount of […]

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