When you rent a property, it becomes your home – and your home should be a comfortable, safe place to be. If this hasn’t been your experience and your landlord has ignored your complaints about any housing disrepair issue in your home, you might be eligible to make a claim for compensation.
When Can You Claim?
Your landlord has a legal duty to ensure the property you rent from them is of an acceptable standard. If it isn’t and you’ve informed them about the matter, then you can make a claim. As a guide, you will be able to claim compensation in the following situation:- Your home has worsened significantly since the time you moved in
- You have notified your landlord in writing of the issues
- You have given your landlord reasonable time to remedy the situation
- Your landlord has failed to carry out the necessary repairs to your home
What Can You Claim For?
You can claim for the suffering and stress caused by the disrepair. This includes any physical impact the level of disrepair had on your health and wellbeing, the inconvenience of having to move out if you had to vacate the property, as well as any damage to your possessions as a result of the housing disrepair.How Much Housing Disrepair Compensation Can You Claim?
When you make a housing disrepair claim, the amount you are awarded depends on the length and severity of the disrepair, as well as the impact it has had on you and the members of your household. The pain and suffering caused by living in a home in a state of disrepair, will be factored into your compensation amount, as will whether you had to move out of your property because of the disrepair. As a guide, the following factors influence how much compensation you receive:- The rent you paid while living with disrepair issues
- Length of disrepair
- Severity of disrepair
- Impact on your health and wellbeing
- Impact on your household’s health and wellbeing
- If you had to move out
