Venture Housing Association

The Lettings Standard

What to expect from your new home

 

Venture Housing Association – Lettings Standard checklist

 

 

Item No

 

 

                                                           Checked By

 

 

Action Agreed

 

Post Visit

External Features

 

VHA

 

Tenant

 

1

 

The gardens including hedges (if present) will be free of rubbish and will be left in a manageable condition.

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

The underground drainage system will function correctly and all gulley gratings and manholes will be secured.

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

The property will be structurally sound.

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

You will have a bin in accordance with the relevant Local Authority Standard.

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

Boundaries to the property will be clearly defined upon request.

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

Garden walls will be maintained to a reasonable standard.

 

 

 

 

7

 

Fencing and gates (if applicable) will be provided to current VHA standard when the property is occupied and maintained to a reasonable standard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

All external paving and entrance steps will be free from defects, surface protrusions and trip hazards..

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Washing lines/drying facilities will be available.

 

 

 

 

 

                                   Internal Features

                                  Decoration

10

 

The property may be fully decorated (mainly in the case of designated elderly persons accommodation)

 

 

 

 

 

11

 

Certain individual rooms may be decorated or stripped of all wall coverings ready for redecoration.

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

You may be offered an allowance towards decorating. This is a contribution towards the cost of decorating and is not intended to cover all costs involved.

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

All rooms will be free from graffiti

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

Any dangerous/protruding wall finishes will have been removed and surfaces made good.

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

All wall and ceiling finishes will be sound and free from surface cracking to receive decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                          Heating

16

 

The main living, bathroom and bedroom areas will have fixed heating appliances.

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

The heating appliances will be arranged to ensure heat is distributed evenly throughout the room.

 

 

 

 

18

 

Your home will have central heating.

 

 

 

 

 

                           Gas and Electrical Installation

19

 

Gas (excluding cookers) and electrical appliances will have been inspected and certificates will be supplied to all new tenants.