- Light bulbs: If a light bulb goes during your tenancy (and it was working when you moved in), it is your responsibility to replace this. You can buy bulbs in DIY shops or supermarkets.
 

 - Smoke alarm batteries: It is your responsibility to replace batteries, although the landlord is responsible for any alarm faults.
 

 - Topping up your boiler or re-igniting your pilot light: Commonly boilers can stop working because there isn’t enough water pressure in your boiler, or your pilot light has gone out.
 

 - Programming your heating: Your heating often has a timer, whether it be on the boiler itself or a separate programmer. 
 

 - Bleeding radiators:  This is when you release the air from the radiator that has become trapped inside. Trapped air causes the radiators to have cold spots, reducing the efficiency of them.
 

 - Gardens: It is your responsibility to keep the garden in a good state.
 

 - Condensation, mould and mildew: Condensation occurs when warm moisture laden air meets a cold surface. Typical is when steamy air from cooking, washing and drying clothes rises up to the top of the house and meets a cold surface. [click here for damp and mould flyer]

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 - Report it: Contract holders are advised to report issues as quickly as possible as problems often get worse the longer they’re ignored. If we don't know about a maintenance issue then we can't get it fixed.

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