Housing Repair Breach Claims

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For most housing disrepair solicitors, a case ends once the defending landlord agrees to make the repairs and the solicitor’s fee is paid. If the landlord then breaches their agreement to make repairs, tenants are left alone and without legal support, essentially leaving them back at square one.

CEL’s dedicated Repair Breach team was created to hold landlords accountable and ensure repairs are completed on time and to a reasonable standard – even for tenants who initially claimed via a different solicitor.

If you have previously claimed against your landlord but they are still failing to do the repairs that they have agreed to or which they have been ordered to make, then we can help.

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We can help you if…

You previously claimed against your landlord for necessary repairs and they have failed to deliver within the agreed timeframe and to the agreed standard.

You previously claimed through different solicitors, who closed your case once their fees were paid.

You’ve already been let down by Solicitors, why trust CEL?

The CEL repair breach department was created to offer continued support to our many housing disrepair clients who were still left struggling to get their landlord to carry out repairs even after successfully taking legal action.

Housing disrepair is an ongoing and harmful failing on the part of landlords who all too often would rather pay a one-off fee rather than make the lasting and effective improvements to the lives of their tenants they are obligated to by law.

While it’s our hope that repairs will be completed to a good standard, as quickly as possible, in reality, we know that this often isn’t the case. Without active legal pressure, many successful housing disrepair cases ultimately fail to result in repairs.

Each time a landlord fails to complete repairs promised to our clients by the agreed date, we can consider a breach of contract claim and seek further compensation, until finally, they realise that they need to get the repairs completed to avoid having to pay more and more in compensation and costs. To date, our highest number of successful breach claims against a single landlord in a single case is 6 breach claims, with our client receiving compensation of £5,750.00 for the delays, on top of the £5,000.00 recovered for the initial housing disrepair claim.

How does a repair breach claim work?

You can bring a claim against your landlord once the deadline for completion, either via a settlement agreement or a court order, has lapsed.

While similar to a housing disrepair claim on the face of things, a repair breach claim is actually a claim for breach of contract. If your landlord has committed to making repairs, either once you have involved a solicitor, or if ordered by the court, but still fails to do so by the agreed-upon date or to an agreed-upon standard, then you may be able to claim for breach of contract against your landlord.

In order to determine the quality of your case, we ask for recent photographs and/or videos of all the outstanding disrepair along with your settlement agreement or an agreed schedule of works noting your landlord’s initial commitment.