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The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about her boundary wall. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about her neighbour’s fence. The landlord’s response to repair issues reported by the resident. The landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reportedly unacceptable behaviour.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of noise disturbance due to poor sound insulation.
The complaint is about the time taken to prepare the property at the start of the tenancy.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s reports about antisocial behaviour (ASB). Handling of the resident’s reports about its officers’ conduct and behaviour. Implementation of its unreasonable behaviour policy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about: the landlord’s handling of the resident’s service charge queries about communal car parking, the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: reports of repairs. complaint.
REPORT COMPLAINT 202204996 Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) 23 November 2023 Our approach The Housing Ombudsman’s approach to investigating and determining complaints is to decide what is fair in all the circumstances of the case. […]
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s: Enforcement of its tenancy terms regarding: Dogs; Items left in communal areas; Use of the car park; Antisocial behaviour (ASB); Delivery of gardening services and its handling of the service charge dispute that arose from this; Increase to the service charge level; Response to the resident’s request that it repair the intercom and car park gates; Handling of the associated complaint.
The complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of, and response to, the resident’s reports of an infestation of cockroaches. The landlord’s response to the resident’s request that it repair a shower hose. The landlord not reviewing the contact agreement it had in place since December 2019. The landlord’s complaint handling and its response to the resident’s request for compensation.