Housing Ombudsman Decisions

Formal casework decisions from the Housing Ombudsman Service on complaints against social landlords in England. Decisions include maladministration findings, reasonable redress, and cases outside jurisdiction.

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2,212
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Showing 468 of 16,227 decisions matching "property"

Lambeth Council (202310071) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of boiler repairs required in the property. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202310071 · 17 Oct 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the replacement of the front door of the resident’s property.
Case 202304073 · 9 Oct 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of multiple outstanding repairs to the property. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202337655 · 30 Sep 2024
Complaint: Local Authority / ALMO or TMO
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp in her property.
Case 202330311 · 30 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Report of a leak into the property and associated communication. Associated formal complaint.
Case 202337287 · 23 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: response to the resident’s concerns about: rehousing; repairs and pest issues in the property; decants; complaints handling.
Case 202214581 · 13 Sep 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of repairs needed to the property after the start of the tenancy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202334043 · 12 Sep 2024
Homes Plus Limited (202233833) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a leak to the roof at her property.
Case 202233833 · 30 Aug 2024
Orbit Group Limited (202226086) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repair works needed to the heating system in the property.
Case 202226086 · 30 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of repair issues in her property.
Case 202308691 · 30 Aug 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of no heating or hot water at the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s handling of the associated complaint.
Case 202315404 · 30 Aug 2024
Islington Council (202346506) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of water ingress to the property.
Case 202346506 · 28 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition categories
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damp and mould in the resident’s property.
Case 202309571 · 28 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning a leak, damp, and mould at her property.
Case 202305336 · 27 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports that the property was not in a liveable standard when let.
Case 202342149 · 27 Aug 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of damage caused to the resident’s property following a sewage leak due to a blocked communal stack pipe.
Case 202345782 · 22 Aug 2024
Peabody Trust (202220019) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the: Accuracy of information presented by the landlord to the resident during the sales process of the property. Landlord’s communication regarding its requirement for the resident to remove a shed from the property’s patio. Landlord’s complaint …
Case 202220019 · 9 Aug 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Actions regarding the previous resident’s health condition and the handling of the previous resident’s reports of repair issues. Failure to clear the property for a home buyer’s survey prior to the resident moving in. …
Case 202322974 · 31 Jul 2024
Stonewater Limited (202233117) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs in the property.
Case 202233117 · 31 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord's response to reports about the condition of the property and requests for repairs. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202311127 · 30 Jul 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks from the roof of his property.
Case 202341933 · 10 Jul 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint concerns: The landlord’s handling of repairs to the property. The landlord’s complaints handling.
Case 202218923 · 28 Jun 2024
Abri Group Limited (202227119) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s repairs reports concerning her previous property.
Case 202227119 · 27 Jun 2024
Complaint: Financial
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Increase in rent and service charges payable for the property . Communications and complaint handling.
Case 201902574 · 26 Jun 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident's reports of concerns about the property it moved her to and its handling of the associated formal complaint.
Case 202218733 · 25 Jun 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint concerns the landlord’s handling of: A leak to the property from the property above the resident. The resident’s reporting of damp and mould.
Case 202321997 · 31 May 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of planned repairs and improvements in the resident’s property.
Case 202227302 · 31 May 2024
Islington Council (202227599) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about roof and guttering repairs and leaks at the property.
Case 202227599 · 28 May 2024
Orbit Group Limited (202220029) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident about: Leaks at the property. A defective underfloor heating system.
Case 202220029 · 28 May 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould and associated bathroom repairs at the resident's property. The associated complaint.
Case 202339263 · 23 May 2024
ForHousing Limited (202329305) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of damp and mould in his property.
Case 202329305 · 22 May 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s response to an electrical consumer unit in her property catching fire.
Case 202211737 · 20 May 2024
Orbit Group Limited (202213948) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint concerning drainage, and sewage issues at her property.
Case 202213948 · 15 May 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of defects reported by the resident of a new build property.
Case 202226268 · 1 May 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports about damp and mould at her previous property.
Case 202305427 · 30 Apr 2024
Complaint: Occupancy Rights
The complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request for its support with a neighbour dispute about access to her property.
Case 202229671 · 22 Apr 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s request for a permanent decant due to damp and mould in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202302116 · 11 Apr 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response following a fire at the property. Complaint handling.
Case 202214075 · 11 Apr 2024
Stonewater Limited (202305674) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a silverfish infestation linked to damp in and around the property.
Case 202305674 · 21 Mar 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about: The landlord’s decision to evict the resident and dispose of her personal belongings from the property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
Case 202210484 · 20 Mar 2024
Aster Group Limited (202209256) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s prospective purchase of a shared ownership property.
Case 202209256 · 18 Mar 2024
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the remedial works to the property following a flood.
Case 202305135 · 14 Mar 2024
Complaint: Moving/Buying/Selling Home
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of repairs required at the property. Request for rehousing.
Case 202231124 · 11 Mar 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the annual gas safety inspection at the resident’s property and its communication. Complaint handling.
Case 202213067 · 8 Mar 2024
Peabody Trust (202226388) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Estate Management
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Response to the resident’s reports of fleas in the property. Complaints handling.
Case 202226388 · 1 Mar 2024
Peabody Trust (202207942) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the condition of the property at the start of the tenancy.
Case 202207942 · 26 Feb 2024
Complaint: Managing Relations
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the property’s heating and hot water. Complaint handling.
Case 202219957 · 21 Feb 2024
Complaint: Health and Safety (inc. building safety)
The complaint is about the landlord letting a property to the resident without a carbon monoxide (CO) alarm.
Case 202314354 · 21 Feb 2024
Tower Hamlets Homes (202214609) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: Old Property Condition migrated-2025
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of leaks into his property in 2022.
Case 202214609 · 21 Feb 2024
Peabody Trust (202205908) Reasonable Redress
Complaint: ASB/Abuse/Nuisance
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Requests for a refurbished bathroom. Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB) and noise nuisance from a neighbouring property.
Case 202205908 · 14 Feb 2024