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agelsfa
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Hi hoping you can help me.
My partner,son and I have been renting a house for 19months. On Tuesday we awoke to find a JCB digging up our garden. Our house is an end of terrace house so has a patch of land at the side, we were told on asking the builders that the landlord is building a house there. Our back garden has been dug up to facilitate pipe work and our front garden is being use to store building materials. The dividing fence between our garden and the garden of the house behind us has also been removed. The landlord is in breach of our right to peaceful and exclusive occupation of the dwelling and also creating a safety risk to ourselvelves and our toddler with the coming and going of heavy machinery and an unfenced site. We contacted the rental agency on Tuesday after first hearing of the work. The agency denied any knowledge of the works and have failed to contact the landlord. Today we lodged a complaint with the PRTB which is being pushed through as an emergency due to the safety aspects( still it will take 6-8weeks). In the meantime we have no choice but to move as we cannot let our son out the door. This is leaving us severely inconvenianced and out of pocket due to having to move. Does anyone know of a possible outcome? Is monetary compensation possible or is does the landlord just get a slap on the wrists? Sorry for the long post, I'm new to this!
My partner,son and I have been renting a house for 19months. On Tuesday we awoke to find a JCB digging up our garden. Our house is an end of terrace house so has a patch of land at the side, we were told on asking the builders that the landlord is building a house there. Our back garden has been dug up to facilitate pipe work and our front garden is being use to store building materials. The dividing fence between our garden and the garden of the house behind us has also been removed. The landlord is in breach of our right to peaceful and exclusive occupation of the dwelling and also creating a safety risk to ourselvelves and our toddler with the coming and going of heavy machinery and an unfenced site. We contacted the rental agency on Tuesday after first hearing of the work. The agency denied any knowledge of the works and have failed to contact the landlord. Today we lodged a complaint with the PRTB which is being pushed through as an emergency due to the safety aspects( still it will take 6-8weeks). In the meantime we have no choice but to move as we cannot let our son out the door. This is leaving us severely inconvenianced and out of pocket due to having to move. Does anyone know of a possible outcome? Is monetary compensation possible or is does the landlord just get a slap on the wrists? Sorry for the long post, I'm new to this!