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DIVISION OF REPAIRS REPSONSIBILITY

The following table lists the division of responsibility for repairs between Williamsburgh Housing Association and tenants.

ITEMWHATENANTEXCEPTIONS
Balconies*  
Bannister*  
Baths*  
Bin Stores*  
Brickwork, blockwork etc*  
Ceilings*  
Chimney stacks/pots/cowls*  
Chimney sweeping * 
Cisterns*  
Clothes pole*  
Cookers * 
Communal areas to flats*  
Communal TV systems*  
Damp-proof courses*  
Decoration - internal * 
Door bell * 
Doors to communal areas*  
Doors/door fittings - external*  
Door locks* when tenant has lost or broken key
Doors - internal*  
Holes in panel doors*  
Down pipes, rain and soil*  
Drainage - blockage in internal wastepipes * 
Drainage - excluding above*  
Driveways *where part of pedestrian access to house
Drying Areas*  
Electric plugs * 
Electric wiring, sockets & switches*  
Entry systems*  
Fascia, soffit boards etc*  
Fences - garden boundary*  
Fences - between gardens* only when provided by WHA
Floor tiles * 
Floorboards*  
Foundations*  
Fuse box, fuses etc*  
Gas central heating / pipes / radiators / timer / thermostats / pumps etc* unauthorised installations and those not adopted by WHA for maintenance
Gas Piping*  
Garages* timber garages erected by tenants or unauthorised installations
Garden Huts * 
Gates* only when provided by WHA
Greenhouses * 
Glass - external *normally, tenants should claim the cost of replacement from their house contents insurance
Glass -  internal doors/screens * 
Guttering*  
Hatch to loft (communal or individual)*  
Handrails - external*  
Immersion heaters* Unauthorised installations
Keys (replacement) * 
Kitchen fittings and worktops*  
Lighting pendants and roses*  
Outbuildings* only when provided by WHA
Overflow pipes*  
Painting - external*  
Painting - internal * 
Parking area (communal)*  
Path to main access*  
Path to garden * 
Paths - public*  
Plaster & plasterboard*  
Play areas and equipment*  
Porch* Unauthorised structures
Pulley for clothes * 
Pumps*  
Radiators* Unauthorised installation
Retaining walls - provided by WHA*  
Roofs, roof tiles/slates, roof lights*  
Ropes for clothes drying * 
Rotary clothes lines - where drier is for exclusive use of tenant * 
Rotary clothes lines - excluding above*  
Roughcast*  
Shower unit* only when provided by WHA
Sink bowl and drainer*  
Skirting boards*  
Smoke detectors* provision of more than 1 battery per year
Sockets (electrical)*  
Stairs (communal or internal)*  
Stair lighting*  
Steps*  
Switches (electrical)*  
Taps*  
TV aerial communal sockets * 
Ventilators and fans*  
Wash hand basin*  
Washer on taps*  
Waste plugs / chains to basin / bath / sink * 
Water heating* Unauthorised installations
Water supply*  
WC*  
Window frames, sills and fittings*  
Last Updated on Friday, 19 February 2010 12:22
 

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