My repair responsibilities
As a tenant, your repair responsibilities are:
- Draught exclusion, provided the doors and windows fit reasonably
- Fitting TV aerials/satellite dishes (subject to the council's permission)
- Repairing minor cracks to plaster
- Adapting doors to accommodate carpets
- Fixing minor gaps between skirting boards and doors
- Fitting extra catches and safety device to doors and windows and installing burglar alarms
- Replacing locks if you lose your keys
- Plumbing in washing machines and dishwashers
- Repairs and replacement of all floor coverings, for example carpets, vinyl, hardwood or laminated floorboards (subject to our permission).
- Supplying and fitting things like:
- shower heads,
- toilet seats,
- bathroom cabinets,
- towel rails,
- toilet roll holders,
- mirrors,
- plugs and chains on sinks,
- baths and basins,
- curtain rails,
- washing lines,
- tidy-driers,
- rotary driers,
- plugs,
- light fittings,
- shelving
- coat and hat hooks
Contents
- Report a repair
- My repair responsibilities
- Council repair responsibilities
- Planned maintenance
- Repair priority