Building maintenance

As an owner of a building or part of a building you have a liability and a legal responsibility to ensure your building is safe. It also makes sense to make sure it is in good order and is an asset not a liability. Regular inspections or surveys of your building will help you in meeting your obligation to ensure that it is not a hazard and plan for future repairs.

As part of a new initiative by the Council to assist private property owners to ensure their building is safe a number of leaflets have been published.

Get your copy here by clicking on the individual images.

 Building Maintenance (pdf,63kb)  Checking Your Building (pdf,196kb)

  Common Problems (pdf,63kb)     Organising Repairs (pdf,71kb)

   Paying For Repairs (pdf, 56kb)

Property Conservation helps property owners to carry out repairs to keep their building in a safe condition. A building requires constant maintenance and review. National recommendations are that you should have a full condition survey conducted on your building every five years. This is seen as a means of ensuring your building is safe and defects can be attended to.

Further information

The Services for Communities Department have also produced a number of information leaflets for homeowners, please click each title below to view the leaflets;

Housing Act (61 kB)

Owners Associations (502 kB)

Tenement Guide (629 kB)

Minor common repairs (198 kB)