Responsibilities of Landlord and Tenant


Weslo Housing Management has a legal responsibility to carry out certain repairs while others are the responsibility of tenants. 

The following allocation of responsibility for repairs between Weslo and its tenants represents the present policy of Weslo Housing Management. 

It should be noted that the tenant may be responsible for the cost of a repair if it can be shown that the repair is required as a result of negligence as indicated in Section 8 of the Tenancy Agreement.  

Item

Weslo

Tenant

Exception

Back boiler

Weslo

 

 

Banister (internal)

Weslo

 

 

Bath

Weslo

 

 

Boundary fences

Weslo

 

 

Ceilings

Weslo

 

 

Chimney (incl pots & cowls)

Weslo

 

 

Cistern

Weslo

 

 

Close doors

Weslo

 

 

Clothes poles

Weslo

 

 

Communal areas to flats

 Weslo 

 

 

Cupboards

 

Tenant

 

Damp-proof course

Weslo

 

 

Decoration

 

Tenant

 

Divisional fences (between tenants)

 

Tenant

 

Door bell

 

Tenant

 

Doors  internal/external

Weslo

 

 

Door locks (external)

Weslo

 

Where tenant has lost or broken key

Door numerals

Weslo

 

 

Down pipe (soil/rain water)

Weslo

 

 

Drainage (incl blockages)

Weslo

 

 

Driveways

 

Tenant

Where it forms part of pedestrian access to house

Drying areas

Weslo

 

 

Electric heating

Weslo

 

 

Electric plugs

 

Tenant

 

Electric wiring (incl sockets & switches)

Weslo

 

 

Entry systems

Weslo

 

 

Estate footpaths, walls and fences

Weslo

 

 

Fan

Weslo

 

 

Fascia boards, soffit boards etc

Weslo

 

 

Fire grates and surrounds

Weslo

 

 

Fires, gas or electric

Weslo

 

 

Floorboards

Weslo

 

 

Floor tiles, standard floor finish

Weslo

 

 

Foundations

Weslo

 

 

Fuse box, fuses/MCB

Weslo

 

 

Fuses (main) ELCB

Weslo

 

 

Fuse on plug

 

Tenant

 

Gas central heating (incl water pipes, radiators, timers, thermostats, pumps, etc)

Weslo

 

Unauthorised installations or those not adopted by Weslo for maintenance

Gas fires

Weslo

 

Unauthorised installations or those not adopted by Weslo for maintenance

Gas water heater

Weslo

 

Unauthorised installations or those not adopted by Weslo for maintenance

Gas piping

Weslo

 

 

Garages

Weslo

 

Timber garages erected by tenant or unauthorised installations

Garden huts

 

Tenant

 

Gates

Weslo

 

Where not provided by Weslo

Glazing (external)

Weslo

 

 

Glazing (internal)

 

Tenant

 

Greenhouses

 

Tenant

 

Guttering

Weslo

 

 

Handrail (external & internal)

Weslo

 

 

Immersion heater

Weslo

 

 

Keys (replacement)

 

Tenant

 

Kitchen fittings and worktops

Weslo

 

 

Light holders (incl pendants & ceiling roses)

Weslo

 

 

Light bulbs

 

Tenant

 

Lock-ups (provided by Weslo)

Weslo

 

 

Loft Hatch (common stair)

Weslo

 

 

Loft Hatch (within house)

Weslo

 

 

Outbuildings

 

 

Where provided by Weslo

Overflow

Weslo

 

 

Painting (external)

Weslo

 

 

Painting (internal)

 

Tenant

 

Parking areas (communal)

Weslo

 

 

Path giving main access to house but only to avoid a hazard

Weslo

 

 

Path to garden but only to avoid hazard

Weslo

 

 

Plaster (plasterboard)

Weslo

 

 

Play equipment (play areas)

Weslo

 

 

Plugs/chains for sinks/whb/bath

Weslo

 

 

Porch

Weslo

 

Unauthorised structures

Pumps

Weslo

 

 

Radiators

Weslo

 

 

Retaining walls in garden (provided by Weslo)

Weslo

 

 

Roof (incl tiles)

Weslo

 

 

Roof light (skylights)

Weslo

 

 

Ropes (for pulleys, rotary driers or poles)

 

Tenant

 

Rotary drier

Weslo

 

Where portable

Roughcast

Weslo

 

 

Sheds

 

Tenant

 

Shower unit

 

Tenant

Where provided by Weslo

Sink base unit

Weslo

 

 

Sink unit top

Weslo

 

 

Skirtings

Weslo

 

 

Smoke detectors :

Mains powered

Battery powered

 

Weslo

Weslo

 

 

Testing and cleaning

Battery replacement

Soft furnishings (where provided by Weslo)

Weslo

 

 

Stairs (common access)

Weslo

 

 

Stairs (internal)

Weslo

 

 

Stair lighting

Weslo

 

 

Steps

Weslo

 

 

Taps

Weslo

 

 

Toilet

Weslo

 

 

TV aerials

 

Tenant

Where provided by Weslo

TV aerial sockets

Weslo

 

 

Ventilators

Weslo

 

Unauthorised installations

Verandah (balcony)

Weslo

 

 

Wash hand basin

Weslo

 

 

Washer on taps

Weslo

 

 

Water heating

Weslo

 

Unauthorised installations

Water supply (incl cold & hot water storage tanks and pipes)

Weslo

 

 

WC bowl

Weslo

 

 

WC cistern

Weslo

 

 

Window frame

Weslo

 

 

Window fittings (incl catches)

Weslo

 

 

Window sill

Weslo