Housing Disrepair Claims: Rotting Window Frames
If you are a tenant living in a housing association, council house or private rented property, you might be wondering whether you can claim against your landlord for rotting window frames.
While you have to give your landlord a reasonable amount of time to respond to and ultimately fix issues relating to dry or wet window rot, there are certain circumstances where you are able to escalate your legal right to live in a safe and secure household.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY WINDOW FRAMES ARE ROTTING?
Firstly, there are two types of window frame decay, with wet rot and dry rot occurring in different conditions.
As the descriptions suggest, there needs to be a lot of moisture for wet rot to occur, and this is the type of window frame rot you would be most concerned about.
Wet rot can seep into wooden window frames and cause lots of structural damage in the long run, so it is something that your landlord should act upon as soon as possible, as it will only cost more to repair as the days and weeks go by.
HOW DO I KNOW THAT MY WINDOW FRAMES ARE ROTTING?
Firstly, there are two types of window frame decay, with wet rot and dry rot occurring in different conditions.
As the descriptions suggest, there needs to be a lot of moisture for wet rot to occur, and this is the type of window frame rot you would be most concerned about.
Wet rot can seep into wooden window frames and cause lots of structural damage in the long run, so it is something that your landlord should act upon as soon as possible, as it will only cost more to repair as the days and weeks go by.
HOW DO I MAKE A HOUSING DISREPAIR CLAIM FOR ROTTING WINDOW FRAMES?
Because rotting windows and doorframes are also a security risk, as it allows burglars to break into your rented property much easier, there is a sense of urgency when it comes to organising repair work.
If your landlord has not provided an update or fixed the problem within an agreed timeframe, or worse, is ignoring you completely about the issue, then you may well have a claim for housing disrepair.
As long as you have held up your end of the tenancy agreement by keeping the property clean and don’t know of any other way damage to the window frames could have occurred, then a deadline of around 24 hours after you have notified the landlord of wet rot would be fair before taking action.
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