Repairs and Maintenance Responsibilities
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| Item. | OIC. | Tenant. | Exceptions. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash pans. | Yes. | Where replacement exceeds two in two years tenant to be warned of possible recharge. | |
| Back boiler. | Yes. | ||
| Balconies. | Yes. | ||
| Banister (internal). | Yes. | ||
| Baths and wash basins. | Yes. | Plugs and chains. | |
| Bin shelters. | Yes. | ||
| Brick/blockwork, etc. | Yes. | ||
| Car ports. | Yes. | Tenant constructions. | |
| Ceilings. | Yes. | ||
| Chimney stacks / pots / cowls, etc. | Yes. | Caused by chimney fire (where likely cause is lack of sweeping). | |
| Chimney sweeping. | Yes. | Blocked flues causing fire hazard. | |
| Clothes lines. | Yes. | ||
| Clothes poles. | Yes. | ||
| Coal bunkers. | Yes. | ||
| Communal areas to flats (decoration and maintenance). | Yes. | ||
| Cleaning (household). | Yes. | ||
| Communal TV systems. | Yes. | Those not provided by Local Authority, for example, cable. | |
| Cupboards. | Yes. | ||
| Damp proof courses. | Yes. | ||
| Decoration – external. | Yes. | Tenants installations – sheds, etc. | |
| Decoration – internal including tenant supplied decorative tiles. | Yes. | Communal areas, sheltered accommodation. | |
| Door handles internal. | Yes. | If not wear and tear. | |
| Door locks external. | Yes. | When tenant lost/broken key. | |
| Door number plates. | Yes. | Where fitted by tenant. | |
| Doorbell. | Yes. | Where part of communal security system. | |
| Doors internal. | Yes. | ||
| Doors to common areas. | Yes. | ||
| Doors/door fittings external. | Yes. | ||
| Down pipes, rain and soil. | Yes. | ||
| Drainage – internal waste pipe blockage. | Yes. | Tenant responsible for the appropriate use of drain clearing product. | |
| Drainage on mains sewer drain including blockage. | Yes. | Where adopted by Scottish Water. | |
| Driveways. | Yes. | When provided by tenant. | |
| Drying areas – communal. | Yes. | ||
| Electric heaters. | Yes. | When supplied by tenant, e.g. removable electrical fires and alternative source of heating is available. | |
| Electric plugs. | Yes. | ||
| Electric wiring / sockets and switches. | Yes. | Electrical adaptations by tenant. | |
| Entry systems (communal security system). | Yes. | ||
| Estate footpaths / walls / fences. | Yes. | Where adopted by OIC Roads Section. | |
| Extractor fans communal and individual. | Yes. | Where provided by tenant. | |
| Fire baskets. | Yes. | Where replacement exceeds two in two years tenant should be warned of possible recharge. | |
| Fire bars and deepening bars for coal central heating boiler. | Yes. | Where replacement exceeds two in two years tenant should be warned of possible recharge. | |
| Fire front door glass replacement. | Yes. | Where replacement exceeds two in two years tenant should be warned of possible recharge. | |
| Fire throat plates on coal fired heating boilers. | Yes. | Where replacement exceeds two in two years tenant should be warned of possible recharge. | |
| Floorboards. | Yes. | ||
| Forced entry when keys lost. | Yes. | ||
| Foundations. | Yes. | ||
| Fuse boxes etc. | Yes. | ||
| Fuse to plugs. | Yes. | ||
| Garden sheds. | Yes. | Where not provided by Local Authority. | |
| Gates. | Yes. | Where not provided by Local Authority. | |
| Glass external window and door including double glazing. | Yes. | Where caused by vandalism which should be reported to the Police (where possible). | |
| Glass internal (provide this does not compromise the property’s wind and watertight status). | Yes. | Communal areas are the Council’s responsibility. | |
| Greenhouses. | Yes. | ||
| Guttering. | Yes. | ||
| Handrails internal / external. | Yes. | Where not provided by Local Authority. | |
| Hatch to loft communal / individual. | Yes. | ||
| Immersion heaters. | Yes. | ||
| Keys (replacement). | Yes. | ||
| Kitchen fittings / worktops. | Yes. | ||
| Light bulbs (including fluorescent tube and starter and external light switched from within property). | Yes. | Communal areas and sheltered housing. | |
| Lighting pendants / roses. | Yes. | ||
| Outbuildings. | Yes. | Where not provided by Local Authority. | |
| Overflow pipes. | Yes. | ||
| Painting external. | Yes. | ||
| Painting internal. | Yes. | Communal areas. | |
| Parking area. | Yes. | Where not provided by Housing Division. | |
| Path main access to house. | Yes. | ||
| Path to garden. | Yes. | Where not provided by Local Authority. | |
| Paths – communal. | Yes. | Where adopted by Local Authority Roads Section. | |
| Plasterwork (internal). | Yes. | Minor movement cracks. | |
| Retaining wall (garden). | Yes. | ||
| Roof / roof tiles / slates / roof lights. | Yes. | ||
| Rotary clothes driers. | Yes. | Where provided by tenant. | |
| Roughcast. | Yes. | ||
| Satellite dish and cabling. | Yes. | Except where communal. | |
| Shower curtains. | Yes. | ||
| Shower units fittings. | Yes. | Where not supplied by Local Authority. | |
| Sink base unit. | Yes. | ||
| Sink bowl drainer. | Yes. | ||
| Skirting boards. | Yes. | ||
| Smoke detector. | Yes. | Where not supplied by Local Authority. | |
| Sockets – electrical. | Yes. | ||
| Solid fuel central heating. | Yes. | Note relevant individual parts. | |
| Stair lighting communal. | Yes. | ||
| Stairs communal / individual. | Yes. | ||
| Steps. | Yes. | Where not supplied by Local Authority. | |
| Switches – electrical. | Yes. | Where not supplied by Local Authority. | |
| Taps. | Yes. | ||
| TV aerial. | Yes. | Where communal system provided by Local Authority. | |
| Ventilators. | Yes. | Unauthorised installation. | |
| Water heating. | Yes. | Unauthorised installation. | |
| Water supply storage tanks / pipes. | Yes. | ||
| WC seat. | Yes. | The Council provides the WC seat at the start of the tenancy but does not provide replacements thereafter. | |
| WC bowl and cistern. | Yes. | ||
| Window frames / sills / fittings. | Yes. |
Last updated: April 2021.
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