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Shared ownership, Housing Association are poor landlords.
the_gardener
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I live in a shared ownership flat that has been my home for the last ten years.The development is a mix of shared ownership, housing association tenants and private owners.
The tenants s run the development as a limited company which consists of three directors, one of which is a member off staff from the housing association and two private owners.They have given over the running of the estate to a lousy management company.
In my lease with the housing association it says in the terms of the lease that they are to maintain the outside areas of the property including the fabric of the building.
For the last 18 months i have been complaining the housing association as they have not treated the wood on the outside of my flat which has led to damp in my living room.This wood should be treated every 3-4 years but it has not been done once in the time i have lived here for ten years. I have since found out from an ex director that this outside work on the building was to be done about 4 years ago at a cost of around £40,000.This work was never done and now they have sent a letter out to all residents that we will probably have to stump up some extra money to have the work done.
Do you think i have the right to argue the costs involved as the housing association and the directors of the management company have not kept to the terms of the lease and kept up with the upkeep of the buildings even though it says in the documentation at Companies House that they exterior work should be done every 3-4 years.
Work on a building is guaranteed to cost more on a property ten years old if it has not been cared for, compared to one ten years old that has been looked after every three to four years.
As in the terms of my lease the housing association have not kept to their terms so that is breaking the terms of their lease.
The tenants s run the development as a limited company which consists of three directors, one of which is a member off staff from the housing association and two private owners.They have given over the running of the estate to a lousy management company.
In my lease with the housing association it says in the terms of the lease that they are to maintain the outside areas of the property including the fabric of the building.
For the last 18 months i have been complaining the housing association as they have not treated the wood on the outside of my flat which has led to damp in my living room.This wood should be treated every 3-4 years but it has not been done once in the time i have lived here for ten years. I have since found out from an ex director that this outside work on the building was to be done about 4 years ago at a cost of around £40,000.This work was never done and now they have sent a letter out to all residents that we will probably have to stump up some extra money to have the work done.
Do you think i have the right to argue the costs involved as the housing association and the directors of the management company have not kept to the terms of the lease and kept up with the upkeep of the buildings even though it says in the documentation at Companies House that they exterior work should be done every 3-4 years.
Work on a building is guaranteed to cost more on a property ten years old if it has not been cared for, compared to one ten years old that has been looked after every three to four years.
As in the terms of my lease the housing association have not kept to their terms so that is breaking the terms of their lease.
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Unless your lease states that type of wood must be treated every 4 years I dont think ypur arguement will hold much weight.
You complained and now they are acting on your complaint and dealing with the exterior (which was probably already factored into a planned programme of works anyway)
Therefore they intend to action the works. Thus they are meeting the terms of the lease.
They would be in breach if it said it needed doing every 4 years and they diidnt.0 -
But the wood has got considerably worse and in the words of the lease
"The company is required to redecorate the the exterior and interior of the buildings at least every three and five years."
This they have not done and the interior has been painted once in ten years.
They are not acting on my complaint, theyhave just got around to doing it after postponing it.I am just arguing that the work cost would have accumulated due to not doing the work in accordance with the lease.0 -
So as per my post then....
You didnt quote your lease in the 1st post which is why I said "unless your lease states...."0
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