Also, to your other question, no you don't need to find your own solicitor. The small claims process is intended to be as user friendly as possible. No judges wearing gowns and wigs!

Hi Just to add my air of caution here as the landlord may have mentioned they were informing the council they would pay council tax but you actually have no evidence of that bar it written in your tenancy agreement. As has been previously stated it is you that is responsible for checking whether you pay council tax and tv licence not the landlord. My advice is I would contact the Council and inform them of the date you moved in and whether you are liable for council tax as you tenancy agreement states landlord pay this and you want clarification. (checking is very simple and also covers your back but make sure to get that clarification from the council in writing and keep it safe) I would say to anyone that has that written on any tenancy agreement that landlord pays council tax to always check yourself with the council and get their response in writing as it is your legal responsibility to check if you pay council tax not the landlord.

Hi Ultimately as it was this neighbour that employed those builders they are responsible for the actions/damage caused by those builders they employed. (as stated you may risk a fall out with that neighbour. If you decide to take the matter to Court you name that Neighbour and the Builders on Court Documents. (let them fight as to who is going to pay for your damage.)

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Hello, welcome to CAG. I've moved your thread to our Residential forum, people should be along to advise later. Best, HB

Or you get a CCJ against both, get it enforced against either (and then if it the neighbour, they have to go after the builders). The risk there is falling out with your neighbour: how much damage (in cost of putting it back to how it was) has been done?

The builders are the neighbour's contractors so the neighbour is likely to be legally liable to you for the damage his builders caused. But it's not always legally straightforward. At the very least the neighbour will know who the builders are. If you got to the stage of starting a court action I'd name them both as defendants and let the judge decide who is liable.

So, it was a match day? Nothing on their website fixture list... Again, the website says that stewards are present on match days. Presumably there weren't any around to advise you not to park there. That's their fault. Anyway the usual advice here is not to appeal and just to wait for a "Letter before claim". If one arrives, come back here for advice. Ignore all the threatening letters they're going to send in the meantime, but file them away. Also read up a few other threads on the forum, so you know what's likely to happen.

We never had any issue with our Housing Association and have had the conservatory for nearly 3 years. If we leave the property within the 1st 10 years of having the conservatory, they actually give you back a proportion of your outlay dependent on a sliding scale.