The Court of Appeal has confirmed that landlords are responsible for repairing damaged wall plaster.
This matter was recently considered in the case of Grand v Gill. In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether ceiling plaster formed part of the structure of a property in regards to the terms of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement and Section 11 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
The Court of Appeal held that plaster is an essential part of the creation and shaping of the ceiling or partition wall, which give a dwellinghouse it’s appearance and shape. Plaster is a constructional finish to walls and ceilings, to which the decoration can then be applied, rather than a decorative finish in itself. Therefore it is part of the ‘structure’.
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