The Tenement Handboook

A practical guide to tenement maintenance and management

Updates

Update 3: June 2009

This update gives you a brief introduction 3 major Acts passed by the Scottish Parliament that have clarified the Law of the Tenement. These Acts are:

• The Title Conditions Act 2003 – allowing changes to Title Deeds.
• The Tenements Act 2004 – placing a duty on every tenement owner to maintain their building to provide support and shelter and giving powers to co-owners to ensure that they do so.
• The Housing Scotland Act 2006 introducing a new culture of preventative maintenance and owner responsibility with new council powers to make owners carry out regular maintenance.

Update 2: July 2005

How the Tenements (Scotland) Act 2004 affects flat owners.

Update 1: September 2000

Changes to legislation affecting tenement residents and some address changes.

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