Repair Responsibilities

RepairResponsibility
UsYou
Bathroom fixtures and fittingsExcept WC seats, bathroom cabinets, mirrors, shower curtains, towel rails and toilet roll holders
BathsExcept unblocking waste pipes
CarpentryGeneral carpentry work except where the repair is due to tenant damage or tenant alterations
Chains and plugsOn basins, baths and sinks
Chimneys
Communal areasInternal communal areas to flats and sheltered schemes
Decoration (external)
Decoration (internal)Except when damage is caused by structural defect. Landlord responsibility for communal areas in flats and sheltered schemes
Domestic appliancesSuch as cookers, fridges, washing machines, dishwashers
Door frame
DoorsInternal and external, including frames, hinges, locks, door jambs, thresholds, letterboxes and handles
Fences and gatesInstalled by Newydd
Fire grates and surroundsInstalled by Newydd
Fixtures and fittingsSuch as coat hooks, curtains, curtain rails
Floor boards
Floor coveringIncluding adapting doors to accommodate carpets
Front door lockExcept locks to communal doors
Garages
Gardening maintenanceCommunal areas on estates and sheltered schemes
GasAnnual gas servicing to boilers and other gas appliances installed by Newydd
GlazingIf broken into you must get a crime number from the police
Hand basinsExcept blockages caused by the tenant or their visitors
HeatingIncluding storage heaters and fitted electric fires. Except bleeding radiators
Hot water heatersIncluding cylinder jackets
Immersion heaters
InfestationsBy ants, wasps, bees, cockroaches, mice, rats or bedbugs
Internal door locks
Kitchen unitsExcept domestic appliances (cookers, fridges, freezers, microwave ovens, toasters etc)
Kitchen worktops
Light fittingsExcept light bulbs, dimmer switches, fuses, fluorescent tubes and starters
Locks of any typeExcept locks to communal doors
Loss of front and rear door keysIncluding repairs to forced entry if you get locked out
PathsIncluding steps, footpaths and ramps
Plastering
Plumbing repairs and leaksExcept washing machines, dishwashers and bleeding radiators
PorchesExcept glazing
Re-lighting pilot lightsIncluding resetting heating controls or programmers
Re-washer taps
ShowersExcept curtains and rails
Sink unitsExcept unblocking
Skirting boards
Stairs
Switches and socketsExcept dimmer switches
Telephone points
TV aerial, sockets, satellite dishesUnless communal
Washing lineUnless communal
Waste blockagesIncluding basins, bath, WCs
WC seats
WindowsIncluding sills, catches, sash cords and frames