Hello dear stu007 I tried reaching out to the Local Councils Private Landlord department in Reading, unfortunately, they told me since I am the neighbouring property, I cannot force them to fix anything and that it would have to be the tenant who lives inside there. Current tenant complained about gutters being over filled and asked the landlord to fix it as things were falling on top of tenants head when he was coming back home - landlord did fix that, only that and nothing else by cleaning the gutters and have increased tenants rent by 50 pounds a month few days later. Now current tenant is afraid to further ask landlord to fix rotten facias and everything else because he will not afford the place if the rent will increase again. I have ordered to fix my property, which will cost me £3200 Management agency of the estate is useless, I became a volunteer director and they are just ignoring me not having yearly meetings and are not dealing with that property as well - I asked them for many things and nothing was done since last December. I feel hopeless as a neighbouring owner! Only hope I have is that my roofer will be great at his work and will ensure that my property will become separate from this properties damage from now onwards If anyone has more ideas, I would welcome them with open arms as even though I will fix my property up, no one likes an eye sore next door that can decrease value of your home just by the sheer look of it being so horrid and not maintained! Warmest wishes, Vik

Hello dear community, I need some help with course of action. Neighbouring property, which is side by side with mine is not maintained and previous damage is not being fixed - it is affecting my property with damp and with risk of decreased value. Of course, owner does not live there... Property is rented out. I attempted talking with the Renter and advised them that their roof needs fixing, only thing owner did after that was to clean out the guttering, but all other disrepair continues. I reached out to the freehold management company and nothing as of yet. I need advice on further steps on how to force the owner to replace their rotten facias, soffits, repair that tiny roof above the door as its literally crumbling away, and such. How can I enforce these to be fixed ?