State of Disrepair
If you’ve reported disrepair to your landlord then they have a legal obligation to carry out the repairs to your property within a timely manner and to a reasonable standard. If they failed to do this and it has made you or someone in your household ill, damaged your belongings or caused you inconvenience, you could be eligible to claim compensation.
- Damp to your wall and ceilings
- Water damage from leaks
- Defective windows and doors
- Damage to electrics or internal gas
- Defective boiler leaving you without heating or hot water for periods of time
- Damage to gas and water installations
- Damage to your roof or guttering
- Any other damage to your property no matter how minor
How Can We Help
HD Claim collectively have years of experience in pursuing housing disrepair claims against local councils and housing associations so we're here to tackle your case whether big or small.
Frequently asked questions
If you have any problems with your home supplied by your local council or housing association, such as damage internally or externally, there is a high chance you can claim your rent back and get compensation. The best thing would be to get in touch so we can assess your case.
Firstly, you needs to complete our claim form below so we can assess your case. Depending on the type of disrepair your claim will be passed to a dedicated solicitor who specialises in your type of claim. After this we will arrange for a qualified surveyor to visit your home and take pictures of the damage, although if you have your own and can email them to us, it may speed things up. Finally, you can sit back and relax while HD Claim do all the work. The average claim takes 4-6 months, however if your case is more complex, it can take longer.
No, all work completed on your behalf is done on a ‘No Win, No Fee’ basis. This means that if your case is a accepted and we succeed, we will deduct our fee from whatever sum is recovered from your housing provider. In the small chance we don’t succeed, there is NO payment due for our work.
Yes, we can look to include these items as part of your claim. You will need evidence of the same such as receipts and photographs of the damaged items.
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