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#111521 May 26

Tenant reported a leaking bathroom waste pipe by WhatsApp on 4 January 2025 and again by email on 18 January 2025; landlord's letting agent acknowledged the email but no repair occurred until 22 April 2025 when ceiling staining appeared in the kitchen below. Tenant is considering a disrepair claim. Does this timeline establish breach of section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and from what date does the breach run?

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#111421 May 26

A landlord let a property from 1 May 2022 to 30 April 2024 across two consecutive 12-month fixed-term tenancies with the same tenant. The £1,800 deposit was protected for the first tenancy in May 2022 with TDS but no fresh prescribed information was served when the second fixed-term AST was signed on 1 May 2023. Tenant left and is now claiming compensation under section 214 Housing Act 2004. Does the deemed-renewal rule (Superstrike line) apply or does the fresh fixed term break it?

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#111321 May 26

Deposit of £1,200 was protected within 14 days in the DPS custodial scheme. The prescribed information given to the tenant lists the landlord as "J. Patel" but the landlord's full name on the AST is "Jaspreet Singh Patel" and the address for service shown is the letting agent's office rather than the landlord's own address. Tenant has been served Section 21. Is the prescribed information defective for the purposes of section 213(6) Housing Act 2004?

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#111221 May 26

Tenant paid £1,650 deposit on 12 March 2024 for a tenancy commencing 1 April 2024 at 22 Cedar Lane, Sheffield. Landlord protected the deposit with mydeposits on 28 May 2024 (57 days after receipt) and served the prescribed information the same day. Landlord now wants to serve Section 21 in May 2025. What is the legal position under sections 213-215 of the Housing Act 2004 as amended by the Deregulation Act 2015?

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#111121 May 26

A five-bedroom house in Nottingham has a mandatory HMO licence issued June 2023 for five occupiers. The licensee converted the dining room to a sixth bedroom in November 2024 and let it to a sixth sharer without notifying the council. The council inspected on 2 April 2025 and is now considering a financial penalty under section 249A HA 2004. Is the licensee's position that "the licence covers the house, not headcount" defensible?

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#111021 May 26

Owner-occupier lives in the ground-floor flat of a converted Victorian house in Bristol and lets the upper two floors on a single AST to a couple plus their adult son and one lodger of the son — four occupiers over two floors above the owner. The owner argues this is a "resident landlord" arrangement excluded from HMO definition. Does HA 2004 section 254(2) HMO definition still capture the upper-floor letting?

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#110921 May 26

A three-storey terraced house at 47 Beechwood Road, Leeds is let on five separate ASTs to five unrelated professionals sharing kitchen and bathroom; landlord has not applied for any licence. Leeds City Council has additional licensing only in the LS6 ward (this property is LS8). Does the property require a mandatory HMO licence under section 55 of the Housing Act 2004?

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#110821 May 26

Landlord served Form 6A Section 21 on 3 February 2025 for a tenancy that began 5 October 2023. The gas safety certificate covering the period from 5 October 2023 was carried out on 2 October 2023 but was only handed to the tenant on 12 February 2025 alongside the s21 notice. Is the s21 valid given the Trecarrell-line authorities on late provision of the gas certificate?

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#110721 May 26

Tenancy began 12 June 2023 on a 12-month fixed term; rolled periodic in June 2024; landlord served a Form 6A Section 21 on 8 April 2025 expiring 9 June 2025. The How to Rent guide given at sign-up was the January 2020 edition (current edition at service of notice was March 2023). Does the outdated How to Rent guide invalidate the Section 21?

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#110621 May 26

On 14 March 2025 my landlord handed me a one-page note saying "vacate by 14 May 2025"; the AST started 1 September 2023 and rolled to a statutory periodic in September 2024, rent paid monthly on the 5th. The note is not on Form 6A. Can a court accept this as a valid Section 21 notice if the landlord later issues accelerated possession proceedings?

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