Housing & Tenancy

Tribunal slashes £4,200 service charges for flats in Newcastle

First-tier Tribunal Rules on Leaseholders' Service Charges

Tenant Must Pay Service Charges for Fire Insurance

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.

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.

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

Tribunal Grants £53,504.39 Fire Safety Works Dispensation for Block of Flats in Cowes

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.

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 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.

Tribunal Grants Dispensation for Urgent Lift Repairs at Oxford House, Kent

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.

Tribunal Sets £348.30 Weekly Rent for Assured Tenancy in London

Tribunal Sets New Fair Rent for Rural Property

Tribunal Sets £1700/month Rent for Assured Tenancy in Rural Bedfordshire

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 £1,950/month rent for assured tenancy in New Malden

Tribunal Orders Landlord to Remedy Fire Safety Defects at Somerville Court

First-tier Tribunal Grants Lift Repairs Dispensation Without Consultation

Tribunal Grants Landlord Dispensation from Consultation Requirements

Tribunal Grants £2,724 Dispensation for Urgent Drainage Works in Seven-Flat Property

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.