Maintenance Responsibility
The Co-operative, as your landlord, has a responsibility to keep your house in good repair. However, you, as a tenant, also have a responsibility for certain repairs and you need to take this responsibility seriously.
Our Responsibilities
We are responsible for keeping the structure and the outside of the house in a good state of repair and decoration. We will:
- Keep in repair the structure and exterior of the house;
- Keep in repair and proper working order, any installations in the house provided by us for:
- The supply of water, and electricity,
- Sanitation (for example basins, sinks, baths, showers, toilets).
- Hot water heating
- Electric heating
Installations include those, which we own or lease which directly or indirectly serve the house. We will not, however, be responsible for repair of any fixtures and fittings not belonging to us which make use of electricity or water. Neither will we be responsible for the repair or maintenance of anything installed by you or belonging to you, which you would be entitled to remove from the house at the end of the tenancy unless we have specifically agreed.
- If your house is served by a communal television or communications aerial provided by us, we will take reasonable steps to repair any defect within a reasonable period.
Where repairs or maintenance have to be done, we will make reasonable efforts to minimise disruption to you.
The Co-operative is responsible for making sure that your house is wind and watertight and free from rising or penetrating dampness.
We also make sure that proper building insurance is in place.
Your Responsibilities
You are responsible for:
- reporting any repairs that are needed to the Co-operative;
- giving access for repairs to be carried out;
- making sure that reasonable precautions are taken to protect the house and common areas from damage by fire, flood or frost;
- all internal decoration unless damaged by repairs carried out by the Co-operative;
- keeping the interior of the house in good and clean condition;
- any loss or damage caused deliberately or through negligence by the tenant, any member of your household, or any visitor to your house. The tenant will meet the cost of replacing or repairing such items.
- this includes damage to glass, damaged or choked sinks, baths and toilets, plugs and chains, internal door handles, keys and fobs and any cost for forcing entry because of lost keys
Page last updated 19th January 2005