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Landlord’s Responsibilities
Items listed below are the responsibility of Apex Housing |
Tenant’s Responsibilities
Items listed below are the responsibility of the ‘tenant’.
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Internal Decoration
Redecoration of communal areas in flats and schemes. Repairs to tiling, only where provided by Apex Housing.
External Areas
Repairs to garden paths, drives, walls, fences and gates provided by Apex Housing.
Maintenance of communal areas not adopted by D.R.D. (Roads Service) or Local District Council.
Structural repair to walls, roofs, chimneys, valleys, gutters and down spouts.
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Internal Decoration
Maintaining the interior of the dwelling in reasonable decorative order.
Floor coverings.
External Areas
Ensuring litter free maintained gardens and hedges.
Repairs to walls, fences and gates not provided by Apex Housing.
Clearing out of storm gully traps.
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Doors & Windows
Window frames, sashes, hinges, locks and handles on external doors only.
Repair of defective internal and external doors. |
Doors & Windows
Hinges, locks and handles on internal doors
Draught proofing of doors and windows.
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Miscellaneous
Providing a wheelie bin and clothesline to individual houses at commencement of tenancy only |
Miscellaneous
Repair or replacement of wheelie bin or clothesline for whatever reason. |
Heating
Repairs to defective room heaters, oil tanks and fittings.
Repairs to boilers, burners, flues.
Repairs to radiators, pipework, valves and controls. |
Heating
Repairs or replacement of frets and baskets to open fires and all night burners. Repairs to fireplace tiles.
Annual sweeping of chimneys and the costs of failure to do so.
Bleeding air from radiators.
To isolate or contain water and oil leaks. |
Electrical
Electrical wiring.
Sockets and switches.
Ceiling roses and lamp holders.
Repairs to smoke alarms.
Doorbells, where installed by Apex Housing.
Electrical appliances, heaters and fires, only where installed by Apex Housing.
Door entry systems to communal blocks.
Warden call systems in sheltered accommodation. |
Electrical
Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
Repair or replacement of plugs.
Testing of smoke alarms in individual houses.
Doorbells not installed by Apex Housing.
Replacement of fuses, except mains fuses that are the responsibility of NIE.
Electrical appliances, heaters and fires not installed by Apex Housing. |
Plumbing
Repairs to water tanks and overflows.
Repairs to hot water cylinders and immersion heaters.
Repairs to toilets and unblocking toilets, but not cracked bowls or cisterns, or broken toilet seats.
Clearance of blocked drains and sewers. |
Plumbing
Replacing washers on taps.
Chains and stoppers for sinks and baths.
Repair and replacement of toilet seats.
Cracked or broken wash hand basins, baths, toilet bowls and cisterns. |
Landlord’s Responsibilities
Items listed below are the responsibility of Apex Housing |
Tenant’s Responsibilities
Items listed below are the responsibility of the ‘tenant’.
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|
Internal Decoration
Redecoration of communal areas in flats and schemes. Repairs to tiling, only where provided by Apex Housing.
External Areas
Repairs to garden paths, drives, walls, fences and gates provided by Apex Housing.
Maintenance of communal areas not adopted by D.R.D. (Roads Service) or Local District Council.
Structural repair to walls, roofs, chimneys, valleys, gutters and down spouts.
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Internal Decoration
Maintaining the interior of the dwelling in reasonable decorative order.
Floor coverings.
External Areas
Ensuring litter free maintained gardens and hedges.
Repairs to walls, fences and gates not provided by Apex Housing.
Clearing out of storm gully traps.
|
Doors & Windows
Window frames, sashes, hinges, locks and handles on external doors only.
Repair of defective internal and external doors. |
Doors & Windows
Hinges, locks and handles on internal doors
Draught proofing of doors and windows.
|
Miscellaneous
Providing a wheelie bin and clothesline to individual houses at commencement of tenancy only |
Miscellaneous
Repair or replacement of wheelie bin or clothesline for whatever reason. |
Heating
Repairs to defective room heaters, oil tanks and fittings.
Repairs to boilers, burners, flues.
Repairs to radiators, pipework, valves and controls. |
Heating
Repairs or replacement of frets and baskets to open fires and all night burners. Repairs to fireplace tiles.
Annual sweeping of chimneys and the costs of failure to do so.
Bleeding air from radiators.
To isolate or contain water and oil leaks. |
Electrical
Electrical wiring.
Sockets and switches.
Ceiling roses and lamp holders.
Repairs to smoke alarms.
Doorbells, where installed by Apex Housing.
Electrical appliances, heaters and fires, only where installed by Apex Housing.
Door entry systems to communal blocks.
Warden call systems in sheltered accommodation. |
Electrical
Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes.
Repair or replacement of plugs.
Testing of smoke alarms in individual houses.
Doorbells not installed by Apex Housing.
Replacement of fuses, except mains fuses that are the responsibility of NIE.
Electrical appliances, heaters and fires not installed by Apex Housing. |
Plumbing
Repairs to water tanks and overflows.
Repairs to hot water cylinders and immersion heaters.
Repairs to toilets and unblocking toilets, but not cracked bowls or cisterns, or broken toilet seats.
Clearance of blocked drains and sewers. |
Plumbing
Replacing washers on taps.
Chains and stoppers for sinks and baths.
Repair and replacement of toilet seats.
Cracked or broken wash hand basins, baths, toilet bowls and cisterns. |
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