Housing & Tenancy

Tenant Successfully Challenges Unreasonable Service Charges

First-tier Tribunal Rules on Leaseholders' Service Charges

Tenant Must Pay Service Charges for Fire Insurance

Tribunal Rejects Claimant’s Request for Cost Protection in Telecom Dispute

The First-tier Tribunal rejected a claimant’s request for protective costs in a case involving the Electronic Communications Code, but allowed an extension of time to comply with certain directions. The decision highlights the tribunal's discretion over costs under specific legislation.

First-tier Tribunal Grants Claimant Interim Rights for MSV

In this First-tier Tribunal decision, the claimant successfully obtained interim rights under the Electronic Communications Code to conduct an MSV at Waverley House. This allows them to address coverage issues following the loss of another site.

Claimant Secures Right to Manage Property in First-tier Tribunal Ruling

First-tier Tribunal Grants Dispensation for Urgent Lift Repairs

First-tier Tribunal Grants Dispensation for Urgent Roofing Repairs

The First-tier Tribunal allowed a landlord to skip the usual consultation process for urgent roofing repairs at a property in Shoreham-by-Sea, ensuring the work could be completed before winter.

Service Charges Reasonable and Payable - First-tier Tribunal Decision

The First-tier Tribunal decided that service charges and administration fees for a property in Eastbourne are reasonable and payable if they are properly apportioned and demanded according to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.

First-tier Tribunal Grants Emergency Lift Works Dispensation

The First-tier Tribunal allowed a landlord to bypass consultation requirements for urgent lift repairs in a property in Eastbourne. a person did not object to the works.

First-tier Tribunal Grants Dispensation for Urgent Fire Safety Works

The First-tier Tribunal granted permission to skip consultations for urgent fire safety works at a property in Cowes, Isle of Wight. The works were deemed necessary to increase fire containment protections and ensure safe evacuation.

First-tier Tribunal Determines Fair Rent for Property

Tribunal Sets New Fair Rent for Rural Property

First-tier Tribunal Sets New Rent for Assured Tenancy

The First-tier Tribunal set a new rent for an assured tenancy by comparing similar properties in the area and considering the condition and location of the rented home. The final rent was determined to be £1,700 per month.

First-tier Tribunal Grants Landlord Dispensation for Door Entry System Works

Tribunal Sets New Rent for Assured Tenancy

Tribunal Orders Landlord to Remedy Fire Safety Defects at Somerville Court

First-tier Tribunal Grants Dispensation from Consultation Requirements

The First-tier Tribunal allowed a landlord to bypass the usual consultation process with tenants for urgent works, finding it reasonable to do so and that no significant harm would come to the tenants.

Tribunal Grants Landlord Dispensation from Consultation Requirements

First-tier Tribunal Grants Lift Repairs Dispensation Without Consultation