tenants rights

[RobArb]

If for example a tenant of a council property who had lived there most of his life, say, planted an A. pseudoplatanus in his back garden 35 years ago which now had been deemed to have a reduction by the council which he did not want done.

 

where does he stand?

[treequip]

His, or any other tenants rights will depend on what it says in the tenancy agreement

[Andy Collins]

In my tenancy agreement, all trees on council property land belong to the council, as owners they have Duty of care to other properties/people, and to the structure/safety of their houses. So I would say its up to the Council landlords to negotiate with the tenant

[RobArb]

Good to know guys, thanks

[Lorry thompson]

With council properties they are the client not the person living in the house as Andy said they have a duty of care as it's their property

[Andy Collins]

The tenant has to agree to you having access to carry out the work, and he could refuse as its his home, but as i said, its down to the landlord (council) to carry out the negotiations. I'd be annoyed to find someone in my garden without prior arrangement, and I would ask them to pre-book with me for a more convenient time.

[RobArb]

which is kind of what he did this morning, and i kind of agreed with him

 

even though its council property he still lives there, and didn't want the work done

 

i think the work does need doing as its wrong tree wrong place but its not my decision or mine to argue

[Ian Leach]

Councils property councils tree, all they would have to do is give reasonable notice to tenant for work to be carried out.

 

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[treesnatcher]

tenant would be responsible for maintainance of garden surely?

council here would send official looking snotty letter to tenant stating work to be done within 28 days or they will send a contractor plus 10 or 20% admin fee. I have done 2.Maybe i was unlucky but not good payers.

[treequip]

Like I said it depends on what the tenancy agreement says.

 

A lot of LA housing stock is now in the hands of “arms length” companies and that gave an opportunity for change.

 

Some are a bit old school and retain the management of trees some saw it as an opportunity to offload the expense.

 

I know of one where the inherited tenancies don’t have to pay for tree work but any new tenancies take on the outside spaces “as is” and are responsible for future management.