Is The Landlord Or Tenant Responsible

[myster]

Hi everyone, hope I can get some help on this one.... here it goes.....

My neighbours privately rent a property from so called Mr Dodgey Singh.

I have problems with the following two things:

1) My neighbour has loads of rubbish by her back door which makes it difficult (not totally obstructive) to get my bin in/out of back garden gate.

2) The fence is all broken in the garden, and the deeds show that the fact that my neighbours are responsible for this particular fence. However we did initially pay for the fence and charges for it to be put up years ago, but now have thought we are not going to pay for all the fencing again and charges again, especially when they don't appreciate that we as a good will gesture put it up. Alot of the damage is due to the fact that our neighbours have a lot of overgrown weed/shrubs and they have a dog that likes damaging the fence.

What would you do If you were me?

Is the landlord responsible or the tenant, because the tenant is saying the landlord is responsible and that he is not listening, and when I speak to the landlord he is saying that she is responsible as she is now occupying the premises.

Is there any letter templates stating relevent acts that I can use?

All help will be much appreciated.

Myster

[demon_x_slash]

The rubbish is the tenant's responsibilty. The fence is different - usually the landlord is responsible for major repairs, guttering, doors and windows, etc., but it all depends on what it says in their tenancy agreement.

[myster]

whats the best way to get some results without me paying a solicitor
is their letter templates, laws/acts?

or will the environmental health services (if they still exist) deal with it?

[Nightmare4banks]

Myster,in reply to your post:

1.Rubbish is the tenant's responsibilty.

2.The fence would be the landlord's responsiblity.

Whether he pays for it is no real concern of the tenant.

I have personally shared the expenses with the owner of the adjoining property on a 50/50 basis regardless of the deeds.

I WOULD SUGGEST TO.....

a.Have a polite word with the neighbour about the overgrown shrubs etc and see how you get on.If you a get a negative response you could probably complain to the environmental health.Just say you are concerned about potentially having rats etc.If you do this do not be shocked if you fall out with your neighbour.By hey why put up with bulls**t?


b.Involve the police under the anti-social laws if you have any grief or hassle.Have ZERO TOLERANCE for bad neigbours!

c.NOT pay for the fencing anymore! This only makes them - meaning both the landlord and the neighbour not give a damn.

There is one exception however regarding the fence and that is if the tenant damaged a fence on purpose or accidently and there was evidence that the tenant had done so.

I hope this helps.

If you have any more questions,just ask.

Keep us posted.

All the best!