Insights

As part of Generation Rent’s  Renter’s Rights Awareness week I spoke to renters about their rights to get their landlord to do repairs to their rented property. You can watch the full video here....

Most student halls and other shared living spaces have a clause in the tenancy or license agreements that no pets are allowed. But are there situations when that clause is unlawful? Are guide dogs al...

Increasingly, newly built flats and estates are equipped with electric communal heating systems rather than gas combi-boilers. The systems frequently use relatively new technologies such as heat pumps...

Following fire safety regulations which were a response to Grenfell, many thousands of leaseholders are trapped in unsafe flats, unable to remortgage or sell. They have suffered a substantial loss. Bu...

The Housing Law Practitioners’ Association (HLPA) intervened in the Court of Appeal in Khan v Mehmood. Simmons v Castle The case of Simmons v Castle established that Claimants in personal injury,...

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 brought in new obligations for landlords. Previously, the structure, exterior, and services in the building had to be fixed if they were broken. This...

I am often contacted by tenants and leaseholders whose landlords have avoided doing works for years despite being aware of the problems. On many occasions contractors have visited again and again to i...

This week the Housing Team at Anthony Gold are focusing on some of the issues leaseholders and tenants often face. Throughout this week we will be publishing a series of videos, podcasts and blog cont...