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Our responsibilities include:
- The structure and fabric of your house
- Fixtures and fittings supplied by the Association (for instance, kitchen units)
- Installations provided by the Association (for instance, central heating)
- Common areas (e.g. bin areas)
Remember if any of the above are damaged because of your negligence, the cost of the repair or replacement will be charged to you.
Your responsibilities include:
- Anything that belongs to you
- Internal decoration
- Light bulbs, fluorescent tubes and starters, fuses and sink plugs
- Blocked sinks and waste pipes if caused by your negligence
- Replacing locks and keys if you lose your keys
- Make good damage caused by your appliance, for instance, your washing machine floods
- Replacing broken window unless reported to the Police as criminal damage
- Any deliberate damage or vandalism by you, a member of your household or a visitor to your home
- Television equipment owned or rented by you including digital receivers
Right to Repair
In Scotland tenants have the right to have certain repairs completed within a set timescale under the Right to Repair Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.
If a repair is not completed within the set timescale the association have the opportunity to issue the work to another contractor. If the repair continues to not be carried out within the set timescale then tenants may be entitled to compensation.
Learn more about repairs which qualify for Right to Repair compensation on the Scottish Government website at https://www.gov.scot/publications/right-repair/
