Repairs for leaseholders

Which repairs are the responsibility of the leaseholder, and which ones you should report to the council.

This is a general guide to what you are responsible for repairing and maintaining, and what we are responsible for. Check your lease for exact details.

Our responsibility to repair

We are responsible for any repairs required to communal areas or services. This includes:

Communal central heating
Communal TV aerial
Decorating communal areas
Dry risers
Flooring, walls, ceilings, doors, plastering, and electrics in communal areas
Floor joists, concrete floor slabs and screeds inside your home
Handsets on door entry systems
Lifts
Outside areas such as walls, fences, gates, and shared balconies
Outside window frames, window handles and latches, hinges, sash cords and weights, and outside windowsills
Roof of the building
Plumbing in the building
Problems with the structure of your property, such as water penetration, damp, and cracks

Report any repairs needed to communal areas or services to the council.

Report a communal repair

Your responsibility to repair

You are responsible for:

Aids and adaptations
Carpentry, plastering and plasterboard, and partitions inside your home
Central heating for your own home including water heaters, immersions heater and fires
Chimney sweeping
Decorations inside your home
Electrics inside your home, except door-entry handsets
Floorboards, floor tiles, and carpets or laminate flooring inside your home
Front and rear entry doors to your home
Individual TV aerials
Plumbing inside your flat, except where it is part of a communal heating or hot water system
Windowsills and wooden frames inside your home, glazing, window beading and seals

Preview of communal repairs

Before you receive the invoice for your annual service charge, we can give you a preview of the list of communal repairs that were carried out on your block or estate during the previous financial year.

This allows us to answer any questions you might have about repairs before you get your invoice. Once your invoice has been issued, we send you a final list of repairs that were carried out.

Ask us for a preview list of communal repairs by emailing: homeownership@islington.gov.uk