Responsibility for repairs
There are certain responsibilities relating to repairs which tenants have and which are set out in general terms in the LMH Tenancy Agreement. These are:
- Keeping the property clean, in good condition and well decorated
- Maintaining items or equipment installed by the tenant and improvements made by the tenant
- Carrying out small repairs
- Keeping gardens tidy and free from rubbish
There are some repairs which are the tenant’s responsibilities. LMH may carry out these works, at their discretion, where the tenant is elderly, disabled or deemed vulnerable. Examples of tenant’s responsibilities are listed below:
- Internal doors (except for fair wear and tear)
- Plumbing to washing machines, dishwasher and other such appliances
- Keeping gullies clear (except communal gullies)
- Toilet seats, chains, pulls and handles
- Plugs and chains to sink, bath and wash hand basin
- Door bells, latches, knobs, handles, finger plates, chains and spy-holes where fitted by the tenant
- Curtain battens, coat hooks and rails
- Door catches, handles, hinges, shelving and drawers
- Minor plaster cracks
- Garden paths and patios (other than to the front main door)
- Electrical plugs, fuses, resetting circuit breakers and light bulbs
- Smoke detectors and batteries (unless supplied and fitted by LMH)
- Lost or broken keys
- Floor coverings (inc. laminated flooring)
- Adjustments to doors to clear floor coverings
- Washing line posts (except where washing line is a communal facility)
- Gate catches and latches (excluding wrought iron gates)
- Fencing repairs (including the application of timber preservatives)
- External glazing (unless caused by a structural fault or vandalism). If tenants fail to undertake the glazing repair in a reasonable timescale, or in an emergency situation, work may be done by LMH and recharged to the tenant)
- Any damage caused by forced entry made at the tenants request (in an emergency situation work may be done by LMH and recharged.
