Houses
If you live in a house, you will be responsibile for all repairs to the individual property, both inside and out. These include:

• Central heating
• Water tanks
• Inside walls, floors and ceilings
• Doors, doorframes, door hinges and skirting boards
• Window catches, sash cords and locks
• Glass in windows
• Chimney stacks and flues
• Plasterwork
• Decoration
• Staircases and banisters
• Kitchen units
• Air vents and extractor fans
• Sinks, baths, toilets and showers
• Electrical and plumbing installations
• Fuses, taps, washers, light bulbs and elements for electric fires
• Added security
• Any damage caused by you or your visitors

Maisonettes or flats
If you live in a maisonette or flat, you will be responsible for repairs to the structure of your flat, such as:

• outside pipes which are individual and serve only your flat;
• gutters that serve only your flat;
• internal walls, floors and ceilings;
• internal doors, internal door frames, door hinges and skirting boards;
• window catches, sash cords and locks;
• glass in windows, internal or external;
• plasterwork;
• internal decoration; and
• air vents and extractor fans that serve just your property.

The services to your flat, such as:

• central heating system and water tanks / cisterns; and
• pipes, wiring, cables and conduits supplying water, electricity and gas to an individual property.

And fixtures and fittings, such as:

• kitchen units;
• sinks, baths, toilets and showers;
• gas fire and fireplace;
• electrical and plumbing installations; and
• fuses, tap washers, light bulbs and elements for electric fires.