|
Maintenance Repairs and
Improvements |
A Housing Repairs Service Overview
Managing and maintaining Waveney's council
housing stock
Accommodation certificates (fitness for human
habitation)
Any
dwelling house is deemed fit for human habitation unless it fails
to meet one or other of several requirements...
Communal Areas
Information concerning repairs to communal
areas around council owned property.
Decoration and Disturbance Allowance
Advice on payment of decoration
allowances.
Energy Efficiency Grants
Information concerning grants for energy
saving in the home
Equipments and Home Adaptations
If
you have a disability you may be entitled to help with equipment or
adaptations for your home.
Garden Maintenance
The
Council are able to offer a limited grass cutting service for those
elderly tenants who are not capable of doing the work
themselves.
Home Modernisation
All
Councils have been set a target of raising the standard of all its
properties by the year 2010 by the Government.
Lighting - Council Communal Flats
The
Council is responsible for repairs to communal areas to blocks of
flats.
Overdue Repairs - Discretionary Allowance
The
contract that the Council has for most repairs insists that the
contractor completes 90% of all non-urgent repairs within the
projected timespan.
Private Property Housing Renovation Grant
A
Renovation Grant is a discretionary, available where larger scale
works are required to make a house fit for
habitation...
Property Alteration By A Tenant
You
have the right to carry out improvements to your Council property,
such as fitting a new bathroom suite or building a new
fireplace.
Repairs - Home Ownership
Responsibilities for Repairs And
Maintenance During Leasehold Ownership
Surveying (major repairs)
From time to time the Council may need to
gain access to your home to undertake surveys.
Temporary Accommodation
You
may be entitled to temporary accommodation in the event of major
works to your home.
|