Our regular guest blogger Ben Reeve-Lewis tells it like it is.
Different strokes for different folks
Some of you may be familiar with the programme ‘Property Ladder’ from a few years back or the even more popular “House Doctor”. Both programmes involved decorating and preparing property for sale. And you may recall the main [...]
Tag Archive: disrepair
Tenants are business – so don’t take it personally
Disrepair claim after consent order for possession is not abuse of process
Mrs Shelley Bloom was a landlord. She desired to evict her tenant, Mr Andrew Henley. He, having lived in the property for over 20 years, did not want to go, even though he had complained about its condition to his landlord in the past. Possession proceedings were issued, which developed complications (no [...]
Notorious Norwich landlord may go to jail after tenant suffers 80% burns
Those of us living in Norwich who work in property, all know about Mr Mike Billings. He is one of the biggest landlords in Norwich, letting mainly to the lower end of the market, with properties of variable standards of repair and safety.
I once lived in a Billings flat myself, when I first came to [...]
Repairs, tenants rights by Jan Luba, Deidre Forster & Beatrice Prevatt
I am really pleased to be able to do a review of this well known and respected legal text book on disrepair and tenants rights. It has been a long time coming as the last edition was 1999! As the introduction acknowledges, the world of housing disrepair was a very different place then.
In fact the [...]
Two disrepair cases and one HSE prosecution
I have just received the excellent Legal Action Magazine, and have found three cases, which I hasten to share with you.
HSE v. Hussain – Stafford Crown Court – 25 February 2009
This was a prosecution brought by the HSE under the gas regulations against Mr Hussein. Mr Hussein had 12 properties, 9 had gas appliances but [...]
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Notorious Norwich landlord has jail term slashed after payout
Many readers have been shocked by the case of Michael Billings, the landlord who regularly flouts heath and safety regulations and who was jailed on 7 May. The sentence related to the near death of teenage tenant Ms Skalli from 80pc burns after she was trapped in her flat, and was rescued, just in [...]
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