Housing disrepair protocols
Templates for the housing pre-action protocols in England and Wales: admitted, partly admitted or denied, with reasons and the date the landlord had notice.
Scott Schedules
Answer a disrepair claim item by item.
DampApp Pro’s Scott schedule sets your damp and mould findings beside each side’s case: the defect alleged, the response with reasons, the works, the notice and works dates, the costs and the photos, laid out for the protocol, court or tribunal.
From damp survey to schedule
Pick the template for the claim, record the parties and the letter of claim you are answering, then work through the items, or start them from the rooms and outside areas you have already surveyed, with the diagnosis, observations and photos. The report prints the schedule after the sign-off on landscape pages, with totals and a column left for the tenant’s reply or the court’s decision.
Your evidence beside each item
The diagnosis, observations and photos from your survey, with photo markup and timestamps, next to each defect alleged.
Works and dates
When the works start and finish, and whether they are done.
Landscape PDF with totals
Header row on every page, totals with VAT when your costs include it, and the difference between the two sides.
Dilapidations and defects too
Commercial dilapidations, building disputes in the UK courts, NCAT, VCAT, QCAT, Singapore, Ireland and Ontario, and a general layout.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Scott schedule?
A table that answers a claim item by item: for each item, the claiming party’s allegation and cost, the responding party’s position and cost, and a column left for the reply, the agreed position or the court’s or tribunal’s decision. It is used in housing disrepair, commercial dilapidations and building defect disputes.
Can a landlord use it to answer a housing disrepair letter of claim?
Yes. The housing disrepair templates for England and Wales follow the landlord’s response under the pre-action protocols: whether each defect is admitted, partly admitted or denied, the reasons, any point on notice or access, and the works with their start and finish dates. It prints with a column left for the tenant’s or contract-holder’s reply.
Can I start the schedule from my damp survey?
Yes. Add from survey findings turns the rooms and outside areas you have surveyed into items, with the damp diagnosis, your observations and recommendations, and the photos, ready for the claim and the response.
Which courts, tribunals and protocols does it cover?
Housing disrepair in England and Wales, commercial dilapidations in England and Wales, building disputes in the England and Wales courts, commercial actions in the Court of Session and the Northern Ireland High Court, NCAT, VCAT and QCAT in Australia, the Singapore courts, the Irish High Court and Ontario construction lien actions, plus a general layout for anywhere else. Each template says where its columns come from.
Is it included in the free app?
No, Scott schedules are part of Pro. You can record damp surveys and export the PDF report on the free plan.
Is the schedule legal advice?
No. It records the surveyor’s findings and each party’s position for the parties and their advisers. It is not legal advice, a valuation or a statement of case, and where a court or tribunal has given directions on the columns, those directions apply.
Answer your next disrepair claim in one report
Record the damp survey and the Scott schedule together in DampApp Pro.