Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTV) (202316180)
This complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request for a management pack during the sale of her property. We have also considered how the landlord handled the complaint.
Formal casework decisions from the Housing Ombudsman Service on complaints against social landlords in England. Decisions include maladministration findings, reasonable redress, and cases outside jurisdiction.
This complaint is about how the landlord handled the resident’s request for a management pack during the sale of her property. We have also considered how the landlord handled the complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Defects the resident reported at his property. The resident’s parking allocation. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the resident’s toilet. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for the installation of an electric charging port.
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of reports of water ingress at the property.
The landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for it to install a lift in her building.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the safety of the glass panels on the balconies of the flats at her development.
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The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s: Service charge queries. Associated formal complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Level and increase of service charges. Handling of requests for information about service charges. Complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to the bathroom.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports that other tenants were throwing cigarette butts onto her balcony.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for a new bathroom.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of antisocial behaviour (ASB). Associated complaint.
The complaint is about the condition of the property when let to the resident and the level of compensation the landlord offered for this.
The resident’s complaint is about: The landlord’s handling of the resident’s queries about service charges and the resident’s concerns that the landlord had mislaid her direct debit form. How the landlord calculated the resident’s service charges. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s data.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about excessive heat in the property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of repairs to external lighting, a toilet cistern, the back gate, the garden fence, and the front door canopy. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
The landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Request for a refund of rent overpayments. Correspondence from 29 August 2023 onwards.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s request for the removal of her phone number from the landlord’s system. The associated complaint.
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the installation of an additional handrail/banister on a communal staircase.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of the resident’s direct debit payments. Complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s report of a collapsed wall at the front of her property. The associated complaint.
This complaint is about how the landlord handled repairs to the resident’s front and back doors.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of outstanding repairs and damage to the property following a long term temporary move to carry out major repair works. We have also considered the landlord’s handling of the complaint.
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: An appointment to inspect the disability adaptations in the resident’s home. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s request for information about the replacement of the kitchen, bathroom, plumbing and electrics in the property. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: Damp and mould at the resident’s property. The associated complaint.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of a leak in the resident’s property and the associated repairs.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns regarding the neighbour’s use of commercial vehicles and allocated car parking spaces. The complaint and level of compensation offered.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about service charges.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of cracked walls in the property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports about damp and mould in the property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of a roof leak and subsequent repair issues.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about its service charges including cost of communal lighting being connected to his utility meter.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of: The resident’s concerns about asbestos removal at her property in April 2023. The resident’s reports of black dust in her loft space in December 2023.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the property’s front door. Complaint handling.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s concerns about the property condition.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s: Reports of errors made on the service charge account. Concerns about the level of the management fee charged.
The resident’s complaint is about the landlord’s handling of issues he reported with the cleaning service in his building, including its decision to share his name and address with its cleaning contractor.
The complaint is about the landlord's response to the resident’s report of a leak in the communal area and request for compensation.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s concerns about its contractor’s conduct and its subsequent offer of compensation.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports concerning its member of staff’s conduct.
The complaint is about the landlord’s: Handling of repairs to the resident’s stairlift. Complaint handling.
The complaint is about: The landlord's handling of the resident’s reports of repairs to the balcony door lock. The landlord’s handling of the resident’s complaint.
This complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of problems with the car parking facilities and her request for a disabled parking space.
The complaint is about reported delays in communication from the landlord during the sale of the shared-ownership property, and the impact of these delays.
This complaint is about how the landlord handled a leak into the resident’s property.
The complaint is about the landlord’s response to the resident’s requests for it to: Repair the front door. Repair a leak in the kitchen. Address drainage issues. The Ombudsman has also considered the landlord’s complaint handling as part of this assessment.
The complaint is about the landlord’s handling of the resident’s reports of leaks and a request to repair damage caused by the leaks.
| Decision year | Maladministration | No maladministration | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 60 | 42 | 35 |
| 2021 | 875 | 557 | 544 |
| 2022 | 1,092 | 468 | 400 |
| 2023 | 2,222 | 384 | 269 |
| 2024 | 3,021 | 247 | 272 |
| 2025 | 4,469 | 512 | 708 |
| 2026 | 1,513 | 197 | 215 |