Landlord Repairing Obligations – Part One

As an agent one of the first things that will come to mind when a tenant reports a maintenance issue is ‘whose responsibility is this repair?’ Landlords will in some instances question whether or not they are liable to repair or maintain something or whether it is the responsibility of the tenant or indeed whether or not something needs to be dealt with at all. This is a potential moment of conflict and therefore establishing the liability at the outset will mean you can identify liability and give some certainty to the parties. The duties of the landlord and the ...