Repair Responsibilities
As a tenant you are responsible for some of the repairs and maintenance of your home - always check your tenancy agreement for full details. Your responsibilities (this list is not exhaustive and may include):
• Repairing damage caused by you, members of your household or visitors, including broken glass
• Cleaning up condensation around windows and doors that may lead to damp & mould
• Replacing locks and lost keys
• Replacing doorknobs, letter boxes etc except where these are fire doors.
• Replacing broken toilet seats
• Unblocking sinks, baths and toilets
• Cracked wash hand basins and sinks, caused by tenant damage.
• Replacing sink and bath plugs and chains
• Replacing electrical plugs and fuses
• Replacing light bulbs and fluorescent strips and starter plugs (except in shared areas like stairwells in blocks of flats)
• Filling minor cracks in plaster
• Repairing paths in back gardens
• Keeping your garden accessible and cut back
• Repairing existing fences which are shared with neighbours
• Maintaining sheds if applicable. SHBA do not repair or maintain sheds
• Replacing shared fences with an appropriate alternative when they cannot be repaired (only boundary fences are SBHAs obligation to maintain)
• Sweeping chimneys
• Testing smoke alarms in line with manufacturers’ instructions, and replacing their batteries where needed
• Replacing clothes lines (unless they are shared)
• Repairing items which you have installed yourself
• Repairing your own electrical appliances
• Repairing TV aerials (unless they are shared and installed by us)
• Internal doors, handles, hinges, cupboard catches
• Flooring laid by you that was not installed at time you moved into the property
• Fixtures or fittings provided by yourself, including additional security measures, alterations
• Maintaining your home in a good decorative order and not allowing it to fall into disrepair by deliberate damage or neglect
• Taking reasonable care of all specialist adaptation equipment
Contents Insurance
You’re responsible for insuring the contents of your home and garden.
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About Shepherds Bush Housing Association
Part of The Guinness Partnership, we have more than 5000 homes, throughout nine boroughs in west London