Our responsibility

We are responsible for the following:

Repairs to the outside of your home

This incudes:

  • Doors and windows
  • Roof and chimney
  • Drains and gutters
  • Walls and fences that we have installed
  • Communal areas
  • Maintaining the footpath, driveway and the area immediately outside your front door
Repairs to the inside of your home

This incudes:

  • Central heating systems and other ways to keep your home warm
    including repairs to your boiler, radiators and gas/electric systems
  • Plumbing
    including water leaks and repairs to pipes, water tanks and taps
  • Electrics
    including repairs to light fittings, switches, wiring
  • Joinery
    including repairs to doors, skirting boards, floorboards, stairs and cupboards
Preventing damp and mould

This incudes:

  • rising and penetrating damp
  • ventilation systems, such as extractor fans

Your responsibility

You are responsible for the following:

Minor repairs and decoration
  • Painting and wallpapering to the inside of your home
  • Tightening screws on doors, cupboards and fittings
  • Unblocking sinks and toilets
  • Bleeding radiators
  • Replacing plugs in sinks and the bath
  • Replacing the toilet seat
  • Changing lightbulbs
Repairing any damage caused by those living in or visiting your home
  • broken windows or damaged internal doors
Maintaining your front and rear garden

Including:

  • Cutting grass, trimming bushes, removing weeds and disposing of all cuttings
  • Removing any rubbish from garden areas and from any alleyway between homes
  • Gardens that are not maintained will be dealt with as a tenancy breach. If you need support, please call us on 0330 303 2222
Furniture and appliances in your home

Repairing or replacing white goods (fridge, freezer, washing machine, etc) that belong to you.

We recommend taking out home contents insurance to protect your belongings.

Replacing lost keys

If you would like us to change the locks, we will charge for this service.

Media services

You are responsible for services to your home, including broadband, telephone, tv aerial, satellite dishes, etc