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About Damps in a Social Housing Property
Your landlord is expected to take action if there’s damp in your property especially if its caused by a repair problem and has an effect on your health and safety or of those living in the property.
Generally, it is your expected that you ventilate and heat up your home properly so that damp does not build up. From our experience of handing Housing Disrepair Damp Claims, the fault often lies at the desk of the Landlord. Complete our Claims Disrepair Calculator for a quick idea of what you could get back.
Types of Damp Common in Rented or Social Housing Properties
Rising Damps
Rising damp happens when Groundwater soaks up into bricks or concrete of your home. Older buildings and properties are more likely to have rising damp occurring.
Important to note that rising damp can also be caused by a disrepair issue in the property – in which case, your social landlord should fix the issues.
You should inform your landlord as soon as you notice rising damp in your property. Talk to our advisers to find out how we can help you with a compensation claim.
Penetrating Damps
Most commonly reported, penetrating damp usually occurs when water, mostly rain, gets into your building through your roof or the walls. It could also happen due to a leakage or a plumbing issue in your property.
Again, from our experience handling Disrepair claims, Penetrating damp is often the responsibility of the landlord. Complete our claim form for an assessment of your chances of making a successful claim.
No Win No Fee Damp Compensation Claims
Have you experienced an illness caused by mould as a result of the negligence of your Social Landlord? Our Legal advisors are happy to help you claim the compensation you are entitled to.
Our Claims Service remains the best in the UK. We offer a No Win No Fee option for you for compensation for your landlord. No Win No Fee simply means that you don’t need to pay any upfront fees to our solicitors. In effect, there’s nothing to pay except we win your mould compensation claim on your behalf.
From our experience, this is the preferred way for most Mould Compensation Claims we have handled.
Damp Compensation Claims FAQs
If the cause of the damp in your property is condensation, then a dehumidifier could help to a good extent to limit the problem. depends on whether the cause of the damp and subsequent mould is condensation. However, if the damp in your home is caused by a structural problem – such as a leakage in the property, then you would need your landlord to fix the issue.
Every claim is different and must be assessment on an individual basis. Speak to our Experienced Disrepair Claims Handlers for an accurate assessment of your situation.
- Conduct a detailed analysis of your credit report.
- Conduct a detailed analysis of your credit report.
- To carry out a detailed assessment of your income and expenditure to determine your affordability.
- Arrange the most affordable, suitable mortgage to your circumstance and fits the lenders criteria.
- Get your mortgage approved in principle within 24hrs of your enquiry permitting we get all requisite documents and information.
- Liaise with your estate agent at every stage.
- Get you straight to your dedicated Mortgage Consultant.
- Get your work done whilst you can sit back and relax.
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