Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (202212103)
The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of structural issues with his property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
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The complaint is about: The landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of structural issues with his property. The landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: handling of repairs following the resident moving into a mutual exchange property; response to the resident’s concerns of alterations made to the outhouse by the previous tenant; handling of drainage and groundworks; communication with the resident regarding repairs; handling of the resident’s formal complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of requests for repairs to windows in the property, as well as the landlord’s response to requests for replacement of the kitchen and bathroom. The Ombudsman has decided to consider the landlord’s handling of the complaint as part of this investigation.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a hot water outage in the leaseholder’s property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The repair to a leak over the resident’s front door. The withdrawal of a management move. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about: The landlord's response to the resident’s complaint about damage to her carpets. The landlord's complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of delays to the construction, and subsequent purchase, of the resident’s new build shared ownership property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s reports of an infestation. This service has considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s rehousing application. Repairs to the resident’s property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s kitchen floor; Handling of repairs to the windows and balcony door and associated reports of damp and mould; Handling of the resident’s transfer application; Complaint handling.