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Case ref:201407585
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Date:November 2015
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Body:South Lanarkshire Council
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Sector:Local Government
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Outcome:Upheld, recommendations
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Subject:repairs and maintenance
Summary
Miss C complained to the council about damp in her house. Following an inspection, the council advised that they would engage a damp-proofing specialist to remedy the potential failure of a damp-proof course and potential rising damp. The council did not do this within a timescale Miss C considered reasonable and she raised her complaints with us. We found that there had been a delay in engaging a specialist and that this was caused by an administrative oversight. Given this, we upheld the complaint.
Recommendations
We recommended that the council:
- apologise to Miss C directly for the unreasonable delay in the engagement of a damp-proofing specialist.