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Responsibilities
We are responsible for the repair and maintenance of the structure, the exterior and communal areas of your block. The Trust also owns and maintains the common parts of the block. The Trust also owns and maintains the following:
- The pipe supplying the mains water, from relevant water company’s stopcock outside the block, up to and including the main stopcock
- Gas pipes within the block, up to but not including the gas meter
- Wiring for any communal T.V. aerial within the block of flats, up to and including the aerial socket.
Although we own the structure of the building in which you live, you as the leaseholder will be responsible for the parts of the dwelling that are not classed as communal or shared area. These include:
- Individual heating systems and appliances
- Internal ceilings
- Internal doors
- All plaster and other surfaces to all floors, walls and ceilings within your home
- All plumbing and electrical services in your home
- Internal decorations
- Individual gardens
- Door fixtures and fittings
- Glass in windows
