Burke Niazi solicitors has an outstanding specialist housing & property team which has a first class reputation in this area of work. We act for Landlords, Tenants and Businesses across the whole range of Property matters.

Our team is committed to providing first class expert advice and assistance with a view to achieving the best possible outcomes, in relation to any housing, landlord and tenant, business or general property rights issues you may have. For more information about the ways in which our expert team can assist you or your business, just click on one of the
following links.

• If you are a LANDLORD click here
• If you are a TENANT click here
• If you are a BUSINESS click here

Evicting tenants can be a complex process, which is why it is very important that you have experienced and high quality solicitors to assist you. It is equally important to have access to high quality advice on the full range of issues landlords may come across, including those relating to long-leases (leasehold property). We guarantee to provide you with expert advice in a way that is easy to understand, meaning that your options and the best way to proceed is clear to you. We also understand that you want to avoid unnecessary cost, which is why our expert team will always seek to provide you with advice on the most cost-effective
way forward.

Our team is hugely experienced in landlord and tenant law and are able to offer you a comprehensive, quick and efficient service at competitive rates in respect of evicting tenants from your properties, bringing claims for rent arrears, defending claims in disrepair, leasehold issues and in all other matters landlords may find themselves engaged in. We are always available to discuss the matter with you and deal with any concerns you may have.

Our services include, but are not
limited to:

• Demand Letters and Notices, s21, s8, s13 etc.
• Issuing claims for possession & Interim Possession Orders
• Obtaining Accelerated Possession Orders
• Obtaining Non-Accelerated Possession Orders
• Instructing Eviction Bailiffs
• Full Possession & Eviction Service – From Notice to Eviction
• Obtaining Money Judgments for rent arrears
• Bringing claims for dilapidations
• Defending disrepair claims
• Tenancy Deposit litigation
• Service Charge disputes
• Adverse Possession claims
• Drafting/Negotiating Tenancy Agreements
• All other tenancy term(s) advice and litigation
• Leasehold disputes

We are also able to offer the full range of other landlord and tenant services, including bringing or defending claims on behalf of landlords, all of which are undertaken at very competitive rates.

• If you are a TENANT click here
• If you are a BUSINESS click here

Our clients include local authority tenants, private sector tenants as well as tenants of Housing Associations and other registered social landlords. We have substantial expertise in tenant-based litigation, acting for tenants at all steps of the process, including if necessary all the way through to appeals.

Our practice spans across several areas of housing law including residential landlord and tenant matters, homelessness, social and private sector housing, disrepair, housing standards, house renovation, housing benefit and leasehold disputes.

We understand that landlord and tenant law is an extremely complex area of law, and that is why we guarantee to provide you with expert advice in a way that is easy to understand, meaning that your options and the best way to proceed is clear
to you.

Our services include, but are not limited to:

Possession Proceedings

• Defending possession proceedings, including leasehold forfeiture
• Setting aside possession orders
• Setting aside or suspending warrants
• Defending Mortgage repossession claims

Landlord & Tenant Disputes

• Rent Arrears problems (including Housing Benefit matters)
• Tenancy Agreement disputes
• Tenancy Deposit disputes
• Security of Tenure issues
• Succession and Assignment
• Harassment & Illegal Eviction

Housing Disrepair

• Challenging breaches of landlord repairing obligations
• Seeking damages (compensation) for disrepair

Homelessness & Housing Allocation

• Homelessness reviews and County Court appeals
• Challenging adverse homelessness decisions
• Challenging allocation/transfer decisions

Relationship Breakdown & Housing Rights

• Advising on Housing Rights following relationship breakdown

Leaseholders

• Serice Charge disputes
• Covenant issues
• Possession/forfeiture
• Enfranchisment
• Leasehold terms advice/disputes

• If you are a LANDLORD click here
• If you are a BUSINESS click here

Our Business Property Department is able to advise and assist on a wide range of issues affecting businesses, in both contentious and non-contentious matters at competitive rates.

Our expert team is commercially aware and client-driven, ensuring that, not only do we achieve the best outcome for you, but that we do so in a way that is the most cost-effective and convenient to your business.

We can advise and assist on the
following areas:

• Drafting and/or (re)negotiating leases for buyers and sellers
• Pursuing and/or defending possession of business premises under Landlord & Tenant Act 1954
• Forfeiture/re-entry

• Service Charge disputes
• Breaches of covenants
• Assignment and/or subletting
• Dilapidations
• Rent and other arrears disputes
• Rent Reviews
• Breach of planning regulations disputes
• Leasehold terms advice/disputes

• If you are a LANDLORD click here
• If you are a TENANT click here