Housing Law

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Housing Law Issues:

Our Approach to Housing Law

Whether your a landlord or a tenant, we’ll take a thorough approach to helping you with your housing issues and providing expert advice on how to proceed.

Housing Matters

• Homelessness applications, including reviews, appeals in the County Court and judicial review of Local Authority’s decisions.

• Harassment and/or unlawful eviction by your landlord.

• Defending possession

• Unlawful Evictions

• Disrepair compensation claims

• Homelessness appeals

• Social Housing appeals

• Suitability Challenges

Matters can start from £350+ plus vat or being carried out on a fee agreement. Please call for a free consultation

For Tenants

We believe that having a safe and secure home is a fundamental right that when threatened can have profound negative impacts in many areas of your life. This can be due to many reasons such as evictions, council housing issues, Anti-Social Behaviour Orders and more. If you find yourself in a situation like this, get in touch with us immediately and lets work together to restore your peace of mind.

We can help with a number of problems including the following:-

• Mortgage repossession.

• Defending Eviction claims

• Possession or eviction proceedings brought by a Housing Association or a Local Authority

– Succession

– Illegal Subletting

– Defending all possession matters relating to a social Housing

Disrepair

• Claims or counterclaims for damages for disrepair, including getting injunctions requiring your landlord to carry out repairs

For Landlords

We understand that renting properties can be a long and complicated process. It’s important that you know all obligations to your tenant to avoid unnecessary cost and tenants taking action against you. For this we provide aid in variety of services such as drafting tenancies, deposits, disrepair, eviction and more.

Evictions due to:

• Rent arrears

• Sell a property

• Tenants not paying rent

• Anti-Social Behaviour and Nuisance

• Illegal activity

• Illegal sub-letting

• Squatter’s rights/adverse possession.

• Damaging your property

Fees

Stage 1a – £120 plus vat

If all documents are in order and it requires no review/advice on compliance issues.

Stage 1b – £220 plus vat

For caseworker to advise on compliance and re-serve documents.

Stage 2 £400 plus vat

Applying for a possession order from a court (Excluding court application and advocacy fee)

– Drafting and issuing a claim

– Liaising with court/complying with court directions

– Witness statement – Preparation of bundle

– court Instruct advocate

Stage 3

Enforcing the Judgment £200 +vat

Disbursements

Court Application fee – £355

N244 Applications – £255

Transferring up – £60

County Court Bailiff Fee – £121

High Court Enforcement – fees are given by the relevant enforcement agency

Advocacy – from £250* (Counsels; fee is dependent upon the complexity of the matter)

Process Service Fee £80

Proof of Title – £10

These are fixed fees and do not include any claims that are defended or do they include any complex matters such as despair disputes or any breaches or counterclaims. Matters pertaining to defences or counterclaims if defended, will be charged at our hourly rate of £165, or other agreed terms.

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