We aim to carry out repairs quickly and efficiently and to provide you with a quality service at all times.
Under the terms of your tenancy, you are responsible for keeping your home in good condition, and you must take responsibility for some minor repairs. You can download a table setting out your repair responsibilities here.
We understand that some jobs may be difficult for you to do, especially if you are elderly or disabled or have no one to help out. If this is the case, we can help. We may be able to offer a handyman service, with fixed price charges for common jobs so you know beforehand what it will cost. Please contact us to discuss your needs, email repairs@tuntum.co.uk or call 0115 916 6066.
Download: Looking After Your Home: Residents’ Repair Handbook
When you report a repair
You can report a repair online, or via email, phone or in person.
Please give us as much detail as possible about the issue, and provide us with a phone number or email address we can contact you on.
Please keep your appointments or advise us as early as possible if you are not going to be available.
We categorise all repairs that are reported to us, and this will determine how quickly we will deal with the issue.
Emergency repairs are repairs which are needed to avoid serious health and safety problems, or to prevent serious structural damage to your home.
These will be carried out within 24 hours.
Emergency repairs include:
- Serious fires
- Securing main doors or broken windows
- Complete/partial loss of power or lighting
- Leaks leading to severe water penetration/burst pipes
- Total loss of heating
Urgent repairs are repairs which are not classed as an emergency.
We will carry these out within 5 working days.
Urgent repairs include:
- Leaks which are containable
- Roof leaks
- Non-emergency electrical repairs
- General repairs to heating/hot water systems
- General repairs to joinery and plumbing fittings
Non-urgent repairs are repairs which are not emergency or urgent repairs.
We will carry these out within 21 working days.
Non-urgent repairs include:
- Minor plumbing repairs
- Repairs to fittings
- Plaster defects
- Replacing fencing
- Replacing rotting windows and doors
Which repairs will I have to pay for?
If a repair in your home is the result of neglect or damage (accidental or otherwise), you’ll be responsible for putting it right and paying for it. This includes damage caused by any members of your household as well as by your pets or visitors.
If the issue presents a health and safety or security risk, we’ll carry out the repairs for you, but you will have to pay the cost. These are called rechargeable repairs.
Examples of rechargeable repairs include:
- Damage resulting from negligence
- Deliberate or accidental damage by you, your family or visitors
- Where you have removed fixtures, fittings, walls, alterations and works to any part of the building, its outbuildings or garden and boundaries without prior written permission from us
- Where you have carried out work with permission from us but not to an appropriate standard
- Damage resulting from inappropriate use of the property (e.g. blocking toilets or sinks)
- Rubbish left at the property
- Damage caused by electrical work carried out by someone other than a certified electrician
- Damage caused by gas works carried out contrary to gas regulations
- Loss of keys or security fixture keys
- Damage resulting from illegal use of your property
- Damage to your property caused by lawful entry by police and other authorised bodies
You will also be charged for:
- Inappropriate use of our out-of-hours emergency assistance service
- Missed appointments without at least 4 hours’ notice
If you do not carry out any repairs or replacements that you are responsible for, we will charge you for any costs that we incur fixing the issue at a later date.
