Flat-Living.co.uk Repairs and maintenance
The myth of the maintenance free building
Chartered Building Surveyor and Director of Langley Byers Bennett Chartered Surveyors, John Byers explodes the myth of the maintenance free block of flats.
In the course of this work it comes as a shock to resident management company (RMC) directors that there is a need to carry out any work at all, because all too often they, like other leaseholders, have bought flats on the promise of low service charges, full NHBC insurance (to cover
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n the course of our consultancy work with residential manag- ing agents and RMCs we frequently come across the need to deal with cyclical maintenance work (often required as a Landlords’ obligation under the terms of the lease), or to in- vestigate specific defects within even relatively new blocks.
any defects) and the promise of a maintenance free building. Sadly that is rarely the case. The entire building structure whether
it be the roof, plastic windows, carpets or communal lighting, all gradually deteriorate over time, meaning they need occasional maintenance, repair and ultimately renewal. Just because a building does not have painted wooden windows and old slate roofs does not mean it can be considered maintenance free.
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