Hi All,
I’m after some advice, preferably from someone who has first hand experience, but to cut a long story short, my late brothers flat suffered damage resulting from a roof leak. We’re freeholders but pay for buildings insurance as itemised on our annual service charges. The residential property manager is refusing to provide the requested insurance, and refusing to undertake ant repairs as we requested a scope of works to be submitted for our acceptance prior to any repairs being undertaken, which he has failed and refused to provide. I’ve highlighted in writing that he is legally obligated are required to provide this under the landlord and tenant act within 21 days of request and that was before Christmas. I put in a complaint to the IRPM requesting he be ejected from their institute on the grounds of his gross breach of their codes of conduct on many of their codes. This is going through adjudication at present, but only in so far as his membership to the IRPM.
How does one go about enforcing the summary offence he has committed bringing him before a magistrates court. I spoke with a lady at my local police station, but advise it’s a civil matter, yet how does one enforce the law without incurring legal costs by appointing a solicitor? Can you apply direct to the Magistrates court?
I’m after some advice, preferably from someone who has first hand experience, but to cut a long story short, my late brothers flat suffered damage resulting from a roof leak. We’re freeholders but pay for buildings insurance as itemised on our annual service charges. The residential property manager is refusing to provide the requested insurance, and refusing to undertake ant repairs as we requested a scope of works to be submitted for our acceptance prior to any repairs being undertaken, which he has failed and refused to provide. I’ve highlighted in writing that he is legally obligated are required to provide this under the landlord and tenant act within 21 days of request and that was before Christmas. I put in a complaint to the IRPM requesting he be ejected from their institute on the grounds of his gross breach of their codes of conduct on many of their codes. This is going through adjudication at present, but only in so far as his membership to the IRPM.
How does one go about enforcing the summary offence he has committed bringing him before a magistrates court. I spoke with a lady at my local police station, but advise it’s a civil matter, yet how does one enforce the law without incurring legal costs by appointing a solicitor? Can you apply direct to the Magistrates court?
. The property manager has only been appointed in the last 12 months… There were no issues with the former property manager, but he went onto retirement. But this guy is completely unprofessional, refusing to not only provide insurance, but is alleging my request for a scope of works or schedule of repair being agreed prior to any works commencing being burdensome. We all know any repairs in London are going to cost ££’s, new timber floor or sanding and resealing, fire door and frame, new ironmongery, re-boarding and redecoration of a mezzanine ceiling… it won’t be cheap.
