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