My flat has recently, (Thursday afternoon) suffered from a fire in the roof space, caused by a plumbing contractor making repairs (this has been confirmed by the fire brigade) My flat currently contains the entire roof and ceiling and a large amount of water. Making it completely uninhabitable.
Initially we were verbally advised that the agents would source alternative accommodation, and we would be put in hotels, until a more permanent solution could be found and repairs were carried out. Today at 4:30pm they terminated all tenancy’s and have advised they will only pay for one more nights accommodation, making me effectively homeless from 10am Wednesday morning.
I’m finding lots of conflicting advice around notice times, landlord responsibility etc and I’m finding it very confusing (autistic brain is not good at compiling and filtering information)
Initially the agents were very responsive and helpful but have now said they have ended the tenancy and have no responsibility to rehouse offer alternative etc.
I guess my questions are:
-does the landlord/agent have any responsibility to rehouse or offer alternative accommodation?
-Should they have provided more than 48 hours notice of the end of the tenancy, in the circumstances of the property becoming uninhabitable
-Do I have any recourse around loss of time, property, reasonable cost to relocate.
Thank you in advance and apologies if I’ve missed anything. X