What Are my Housing Association Repair Obligations and Requirements?
As a tenant you do have a specific amount of duty to keep where you live tidy, safe and tidy, your regional authority or housing association also has a lot of repair and maintenance obligations.
Social Housing property managers are responsible for many repair work in your house, including any damage or disrepair impacting:.
the structure/exterior of the structure i.e. the roof, walls, windows and external doors.
central heating, gas fires, fireplaces, flues, ventilation and chimneys.
water supply, pipes, sinks, toilets and baths.
external drains and guttering.
gas pipelines, electrical wiring and any home appliances offered i.e. if a washing maker is offered the property owner is most likely responsible if it breaks.
common locations like lifts and entryways.
If you reside in a home of multiple occupation or an HMO, your property manager has much more responsibilities for fire and basic security, supply of water and drainage, gas and electricity and waste disposal.
These should be detailed in your tenancy agreement, which our Housing disrepair lawyers can help you comprehend if you seem like you can claim against your landlord or social housing association.
We can send somebody over to inspect the damage to your house if you live in social Housing to assist us examine if you can make a claim.
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When Could Make A Complaint About Your Naas Housing Association?
Choosing simply when to make a grievance to your real estate association will boil down to just how bad the real estate disrepair in fact is. If it is the middle of winter and the main heating system has actually broken down, you will want to grumble quickly. In your occupancy arrangement, you will discover information about the optimum timescale that your housing association has to fix particular types of repair work. If this maximum timescale has not run, then you ought to be reporting the requirement for a repair, rather than making a grievance about a repair not being carried out.
We can help you claim for housing disrepair from your real estate association. Call us on the telephone number down at the end of this guide to continue.