Repairs Responsibilities

North Devon Homes is responsible for maintaining the structure and exterior of your property to a good standard and you are responsible for internal decoration and your own fixtures and fittings. The table below gives a full guide as to who is responsible for repairs to various items around your home.

Item	Who Is Responsible?	Exceptions
Back Boiler	NDH	Rayburns, woodburners etc. installed by tenant
Banisters (internal)	NDH
Baths	NDH
Bin Shelters	NDH
Brickwork (inc. air bricks)	NDH
Ceilings	NDH
Chimney (inc. pots and cowls)	NDH
Chimney Sweeping	Tenant
Clothes Posts	NDH
Coal Bunkers	NDH	Rayburns, woodburners etc. installed by tenant
Cookers (individual)	Tenant	Solid fuel cookers provided by NDH
Communal areas to flats	NDH
Communal TV aerials	NDH
Cupboards	NDH
Damp proof course	NDH
Decoration - internal	NDH
Decoration - external	NDH
Doorbell	Tenant	Where fitted by NDH
Doors - external	NDH
Doors - internal	NDH
Door fittings (inc. handle and letterbox)	NDH
Door frames	NDH
Door locks - external	NDH	Where tenant has lost or broken key
Door name plate	Tenant
Down pipe (soil/rain water)	NDH
Drainage (inc. blockages)	NDH
Driveways	NDH
Drying areas	NDH
Electric heating	NDH
Electric plugs	Tenant
Electric wiring (inc. sockets, switches and lighting)	NDH
Emergency lighting (communal)	NDH
Entry systems	NDH
Estate footpaths, walls	NDH
Fascia boards/soffit boards	NDH
Fence - boundary to road/path	NDH
Fence - dividing properties	NDH
Fire alarms	NDH
Fire basket	NDH
Fire grates and surrounds	NDH
Fireplace tiles	NDH
Fire - gas or electric	NDH
Floorboards	NDH
Floor tiles	NDH
Foundations	NDH
Fuse box	NDH
Fuse wire/cartridge	Tenant
Fuse on plug	Tenant
Gas heating	NDH
Gas water heater	NDH
Gas piping	NDH
Garages	NDH	Timber garages erected by tenants
Greenhouses	Tenant
Garden Path - front, rear, side	NDH
Garden Sheds	Tenant
Gates	NDH
Glass - external	NDH
Glass - internal	NDH
Guttering	NDH
Hatch to loft	NDH
Handrail - external	NDH
Handrail - internal	NDH
Immersion Heater	NDH
Insulation to cold water tanks and pipe work in loft	NDH
Keys (replacement)	Tenant
Kitchen fittings and worktops	NDH
Lifts	NDH
Light holders (ceiling pendants and roses)	NDH
Light bulbs and fluorescent tube/starter	Tenant	Communal areas
Lock ups	NDH
Outbuildings	Tenant	Where provided by NDH
Overflow pipes	NDH
Parking areas	NDH
Path giving main access to house	NDH
Pigeon lofts	Tenant
Plaster (plasterboard)	NDH
Play areas	NDH
Plugs and chains for sinks, basins and baths	Tenant
Porch	NDH
Pulley (for clothes line)	NDH
Pumps	NDH
Radiators	NDH
Retaining walls in garden	NDH
Roof (inc. tiles and slates)	NDH
Roof light (skylights)	NDH
Rotary dryer	NDH
Sheds	Tenant	Where provided by NDH
Shower unit	Tenant	Where provided by NDH
Sink base units	NDH
Sink unit top	NDH
Skirting	NDH
Smoke Detectors	NDH
Sockets (electrical)	NDH
Soft furnishings	Tenant
Solid fuel central heating	NDH
Spin/Tumble Dryers (communal)	NDH
Stairs (communal access)	NDH
Stairs (communal access)	NDH
Stairs (internal)	NDH
Stair lighting (communal)	NDH
Steps	NDH
Switches (electrical)	NDH
Taps	NDH
Toilets	NDH
TV Aerial	Tenant	Communal system installed by NDH
Ventilators	NDH
Wash hand basin	NDH
Washers on taps and ball valves	NDH
Washing machine (communal)	NDH
Water heating	NDH
Water supply (hot and cold storage tanks and pipes)	NDH
Window frames	NDH
Window fittings	NDH
Window sash cord	NDH
Window sill	NDH

IF YOU CAUSE DAMAGE TO ANY PART OF YOUR HOME YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE REPAIR.