What is classified as "emergency" situation for LL/LA to enter?

Guest101

lisyloo wrote: »

There are protections against noise. Look up statutory nuisance. - Yes there are, and if you read the link it tells you exactly how.


Amazed that people are telling me this didn't happen when it happened 3 times. - what you didn't mention was you live in social housing, which has additional rules....


OP - do yourself a favour and check it out independently.
They CAN break into properties if your batteries go flat whilst your away and make you liable.

Yes they can, but the OP CAN also win the lottery. You repeating yourself isn't helpful. and here's why:


The local authority wont bother trying to find the keys for the flat from either the LL or the LA, they wont even contact them (and wont even have the details to do so). Your case is different because the local authority ARE your landlord.

Guest101

lisyloo wrote: »

The information is publicly available from the land registry.

No it's not. It shows the owners name, but very rarely does a LL provide additional address information.


So having the owners name, with no other contact details is hardly useful....

aneary

lisyloo wrote: »

There are protections against noise. Look up statutory nuisance.


Amazed that people are telling me this didn't happen when it happened 3 times.


OP - do yourself a favour and check it out independently.
They CAN break into properties if your batteries go flat whilst your away and make you liable.

OP ignore the silly woman.

My neighbours (thankfully not as noise sensitive as this silly woman) don't have my LL's details so if I made a noise and I wasn't there the door would need breaking down anyway.

As for changing the locks you can do this as long as you change them back when you leave they only way anyone would find out would be if they tried to access your home without notice and therefore they would also be breaking the agreement.

I personally would write to the LL to see if they are aware of the LA's behaviour. Also find out the name of the senior manager at head office (unless it's an independent LA) and complain to him/her.

fairy_lights

lisyloo wrote: »

The information is publicly available from the land registry.

"Oh no! I can smell gas coming from next door, looks like they've got a leak!"
"Shall we call the emergency gas number and get them to come and sort it out before the whole street blows up?"
"No darling, this is a real emergency. Go and make tea while I get on the land registry website and find contact details for the landlord".

lisyloo

Guest101 wrote: »

The local authority wont bother trying to find the keys for the flat from either the LL or the LA, they wont even contact them (and wont even have the details to do so). Your case is different because the local authority ARE your landlord.

No my flat is privately owned and privately rented.
The Westminster noise team did contact city west homes for both LA and private tenants.
By and large they do have contact details although sometimes people don't answer or haven't kept them up to date.

lisyloo

Guest101 wrote: »

No it's not. It shows the owners name, but very rarely does a LL provide additional address information.


So having the owners name, with no other contact details is hardly useful....

ok, so on the one hand you think I'm being unreasonable NOT trying to sort it out myself and them when I DID sort it out myself you think that's wrong as well?


Sometimes it does give useful details e.g. in the case of citywest homes. I can google them and find their number.

Guest101

lisyloo wrote: »

No my flat is privately owned and privately rented.
The Westminster noise team did contact city west homes for both LA and private tenants.
By and large they do have contact details although sometimes people don't answer or haven't kept them up to date.

Are you sure:


CityWest Homes is the trading name of CityWest Homes Ltd, a company limited by guarantee and registered in England with company number 04383394. Registered office: 21 Grosvenor Place, London, SW1X 7EA.
CityWest Homes Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Westminster City Council.

lisyloo

not as noise sensitive as this silly woman

I think that's unreasonable when there is noise every 40 seconds for weeks on end.
I have rights.


I would urge you to look into it INDEPENDENTLY OP.
My experience is real.
I don't know if someone is being pedantic about minor terminology or something, but this all happened. I phoned them and people turned up at my door (any hour) and listened to the noise.


People have right from noise and councils do have right to break in.


I'll leave your thread now as I don't think people are being constructive.
If you want any other info them PM me.

Guest101

lisyloo wrote: »

ok, so on the one hand you think I'm being unreasonable NOT trying to sort it out myself and them when I DID sort it out myself you think that's wrong as well?


Sometimes it does give useful details e.g. in the case of citywest homes. I can google them and find their number.

I'd imagine approx. 95% of privately rented accommodation is owned by individuals.


So your advice is only useful for the tiniest minority of cases - and in your case it's owned by the council....


Seriously just stop a second and take a look.

lisyloo

fairy_lights wrote: »

"Oh no! I can smell gas coming from next door, looks like they've got a leak!"
"Shall we call the emergency gas number and get them to come and sort it out before the whole street blows up?"
"No darling, this is a real emergency. Go and make tea while I get on the land registry website and find contact details for the landlord".

As I said - it's not a life and death emergency, but at a certain point there are POWERS TO ACT.