Landlord Repairing Obligations – Part Two

In the first Landlord Repairing Obligations article we looked at the statutory repairing obligations i.e. what the law requires under section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. In this second article we will consider what other obligations exist, either expressed contractually or indeed those implied terms under common law. Contractual Obligations Typically the landlord’s contractual repairing obligations are likely to be found within the tenancy agreement as expressed terms. Any agreement by the parties that the landlord will repair will be over and above what the law requires. Whilst the landlord can impose additional repairing obligations on themselves ...