Repairs and Maintenance Chargeable to Services – Appendix 1

Recoverable from service charges only were listed in Schedule 1 to the tenancy agreement.

Only the items below may be funded via service charge.

Service charge may include running costs for:

• Court Manager service.
• Cleaning of common parts.
• External window cleaning.
• Gardening and grounds maintenance.
• Communal heating and hot water (where provided).
• Careline services.
• Laundry facilities.
• Water and sewerage.
• Electricity to communal areas.
• Refuse collection.

These are day-to-day services, not landlord repair obligations.

Recoverable through service charge:

• Lift maintenance contracts.
• Fire detection and alarm systems.
• Court manager alarm systems.
• Water softening plant.
• Communal boilers serving multiple dwellings.

These relate to shared plant and equipment, not the structure itself.

Service charge may fund repairs to:

• Cleaning equipment.
• Laundry equipment.
• Communal furniture.
• Court manager office equipment.
• Gardening machinery.
• Power room plant.
• Lifts.
• Emergency lighting.
• Fire detection and firefighting equipment.
• TV aerial installations.

Importantly, this covers equipment and plant, not the building fabric.

Recoverable through service charge:

• Buildings insurance.
• Insurance for communal furniture, laundry equipment and lifts.
• Employer’s and public liability insurance.

The agreement expressly allows service charge funding (including via sinking fund) for renewal of:

• Communal equipment and plant.
• Floor coverings in communal areas.
• Furniture and soft furnishings in communal areas.
• Lifts (components such as cages).
• Fire and emergency systems.
• Court manager systems.
• Landlord’s fittings (in communal areas only.)

This does not extend to structural components such as roofs, walls, windows or foundations.