Tenant Responsibilities - Carrying out minor repairs
The following are examples of repairs which are the tenants own responsibility.
- Replacing locks if you lock yourself out
- Wooden fence panels
- Maintaining tenants own fixtures and fittings
- Fixing letterbox plates and door knockers
- Replacing broken glass in windows/doors
- Maintaining Internal doors and door furnishings
- Sweeping your chimney (if you have an open fire)
- Filling small cracks in plaster
- Replacing tenants own floor, wall & fireplace tiles
- Putting up your own curtain rails
- Providing/maintaining your own floor coverings (including kitchen & bathroom)
- Carrying out weekly tests to your smoke detector & replacing batteries
- Replacing plugs/chains in sinks & baths
- Keeping gullies/drains clear & unblocked
- Maintaining your own washing lines/rotary dryers
- TV aerials
- Getting rid of pests (wasps, rats or ants) - Pest Control 0800 834 035
- REPAIRING ANY DAMAGE CAUSED DELIBERATELY, BY ACCIDENT OR THROUGH NEGLECT - if you don’t we will do the work for you and you will be charged
- LOOKING AFTER YOUR GARDEN - if you don’t we will do the work and charge you for it
If you are an OAP or have a Disability If you are an elderly person or an individual with a disability, we may be able to give you extra help to meet your responsibilities. Please ask to be visited by a Housing Officer if you you think you qualify for and may benefit from this extra support.
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