As one can see from previous posts we are seemingly a little
crusader...ish about our newly-acquired HHSRS skill and the additional
service we offer to our clients, and here's the reason. Unfortunately, and not dissimilar for the need to understand the
importance of a good inventory/checkin and checkout report, many
landlords - and sometimes their agents - are unfamiliar with a
council's duty to take enforcement action against landlords whose
properties are deemed to have Category 1 hazards. In-line with our responsibility to both landlord and tenant, we like
to create awareness of possible risks to tenants in advance of any
possible enforcement orders that councils might impose on landlords. We do this by providing a secondary report to an inventory/checkin and
checkout advising landlords and agents of concerns we may have
regarding such risks. The report does not form part of the
inventory/checkin or checkout and is provided as an advisory note
only. But what are these risks and do we see them very often? Well, yes we
do see them - and often, and at first glance, even though some appear
innocuous, further examination shows that a landlord could be caught
out if a council was to probe into a properties condition. It is our understanding that if a tenant should complain to a council
about their property, that councils on inspection could find more
risks than were 1st complained about resulting in multi-enforcement
orders to the surpise of the landlord. To help landlords understand more we have found a council website with
pages explaining in a very coherent way the subject of the HHSRS.
Please see the following link: http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/info/200040/environmental_health/881/housing_... If you would like to know more about the HHSRS service we offer,
please call 0845 6123 727.
crusader...ish about our newly-acquired HHSRS skill and the additional
service we offer to our clients, and here's the reason. Unfortunately, and not dissimilar for the need to understand the
importance of a good inventory/checkin and checkout report, many
landlords - and sometimes their agents - are unfamiliar with a
council's duty to take enforcement action against landlords whose
properties are deemed to have Category 1 hazards. In-line with our responsibility to both landlord and tenant, we like
to create awareness of possible risks to tenants in advance of any
possible enforcement orders that councils might impose on landlords. We do this by providing a secondary report to an inventory/checkin and
checkout advising landlords and agents of concerns we may have
regarding such risks. The report does not form part of the
inventory/checkin or checkout and is provided as an advisory note
only. But what are these risks and do we see them very often? Well, yes we
do see them - and often, and at first glance, even though some appear
innocuous, further examination shows that a landlord could be caught
out if a council was to probe into a properties condition. It is our understanding that if a tenant should complain to a council
about their property, that councils on inspection could find more
risks than were 1st complained about resulting in multi-enforcement
orders to the surpise of the landlord. To help landlords understand more we have found a council website with
pages explaining in a very coherent way the subject of the HHSRS.
Please see the following link: http://www.monmouthshire.gov.uk/info/200040/environmental_health/881/housing_... If you would like to know more about the HHSRS service we offer,
please call 0845 6123 727.