Webinar: How landlord's responsibilities differ from those of their co-owners by Under One Roof Scotland

About this Webinar

This webinar covers three main respects in which landlords' repair responsibilities differ from their co-owners who are owner occupiers.

ARE LANDLORDS FACTORS?
The position here has changed recently - but may change again as the Scottish Government is currently consulting on this. We shall be talking to the Scottish Government official who is leading the consultation and landlord will have a chance to make their views known

HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS COVERING COMMISSIONING BUILDING WORK
The Construction Design Regulations place particular responsibilities on non-domestic owners - and this means anyone who owns a property as a business. We will discuss this issue with Robert Storey, a structural engineer who has advised a number of organisations on CDM.

THE REPAIRING STANDARD
These are the condition standards that landlords must ensure their properties meet. How do they interact with common repairs? We will be talking with Simon Roberts who works in the Housing Directorate of the Scottish Government

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Ann Flint

Author and producer of Under One Roof Scotland

Annie Flint became interested in tenement management when she had some interesting experiences during communal block repairs. She subsequently wrote "The Tenement Handbook" with her co-author John Gilbert. After many further adventures in all things tenemental, and when the Tenement Handbook became sadly dated, Annie and John set up the website www.underoneroof.scot that took the Handbook online. Under One Roof has been widely praised, even being mentioned favourably in the Scottish Parliament.
Robert Storey

Presenter

Robert Storey is a structural engineer with experience of training housing associations and other clients in Health and Safety. Since pulling back from G3 Consulting, the firm he has worked with for many years, he has been providing advice to domestic clients.
Simon Roberts

Scottish Government

Simon Roberts is a Scottish Government civil servant with responsibility for cross-tenure house condition policy. He has worked on legislation and guidance for the Scottish Housing Quality Standard, the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing, changes to the repairing standard, missing shares for common works, an equity loan scheme for home owners, and defects in precast reinforced concrete housing. He is a member of the Scottish Traditional Building Forum and a board member of Shire Housing Association. He has an MSc in Housing Studies through Stirling University, and is author of a published academic paper on how landlords are characterised in political debate. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Housing.
Dorothy Ogle

Scottish Government

Dorothy is team lead for the Private Housing Services Policy Team which includes Property Factor registration and policy, Gypsy/Traveller Accommodation, Residential Mobile Homes Policy and the Scottish Housing Tribunal