Newark and Sherwood District Council
If your property is owned by Newark and Sherwood District Council then you can make a claim against them. The law means that you can force the landlord to carry out reasonable repairs, if they have failed to carry out repairs that you have complained about.
You may also recover some compensation from them.
What to do if you’re living
in a poorly maintained
Newark and Sherwood District Council home
1. Make a complaint
Make a complaint to your landlord as soon as possible. Make sure that you keep a record of your complaint such as the person you reported it to and the date. Please keep any emails or copies of submission forms you send/complete.
2. Capture Evidence
Take photographs of the disrepair and keep them safe.
3. Make a claim
If your landlord does not respond to your complaints in a reasonable time, then contact us, and we can take it from there.
Contact us now for some free, no-obligation advice.