Metropolitan
PO Box 10262
Nottingham NG8 9LE
Please note: emergency repairs can be reported 24 hours a day on 020 3535 3535.
When you contact us, please tell us:
A customer services officer will place an order for works with a repair person. Usually this will be a contractor, working on our behalf.
We will:
Afterwards we send you a short satisfaction survey so you can tell us if you are satisfied with the service that you have received.
Sometimes repairs will need to be inspected before and/or after they are done. Where this is the case, the customer service team will make arrangements for someone from the maintenance team to carry out an inspection.
Our customer service team will monitor your repair from report to completion. They will follow up any outstanding repairs where necessary and answer any of your questions.
As your landlord, we have a responsibility to carry out certain repairs to your property. There are also repairs that you will have to carry out yourself. So before you report a repair to us, please use the checklist below to see whose responsibility it is.
| Repair | Our responsibility | Your responsibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baths | repair or replacements | YES | |
| Brickwork | garden walls (may be replaced with close board fencing) | YES | |
| Carpentry | except any locks | YES | |
| Chains and plugs | on basins, baths and sinks | YES | |
| Chimneys | YES | ||
| Communal areas | YES | ||
| Central heating | including storage heaters and fitted electric fires | YES | |
| Decoration (external) | YES | ||
| Decoration (internal) | except when the damage is caused by other repairs that we have caried out | YES | |
| Domestic appliances | if they belong to you | YES | |
| if they are provided by us | YES | ||
| Doors (external) | including door step | YES | |
| Doors (internal) | including door frame and hinges (but excluding door handles) | YES | |
| Door furniture | including bells, knockers, letterboxes, door numbers and door handles | YES | |
| Door furniture (internal) | including door handles, locks and latches | YES | |
| Drains | not including waste pipes | YES | |
| Electrical | wiring sockets and switches | YES | |
| Entry doors | communal, exernal (usually repaired periodically) and timber (prior to painting) | YES | |
| Front door lock | except communal locks | YES | |
| Fences | YES | ||
| Fire grates and surrounds | YES | ||
| Fixtures and fittings | such as coat hooks, curtains and curtain rails | YES | |
| Floorboards | YES | ||
| Floor covering | kitchen, WC and bathroom only | YES | |
| Garages | YES | ||
| Garden maintenance | if you have sole use or it is shared with no service charge for maintenance | YES | |
| communial garden and grassed areas with service charge for maintenance | YES | ||
| Gas | boilers and central heating systems | YES | |
| Glazing | communal glazing | YES | |
| Hand basins | repair/replacement | YES | |
| waste pipe blockages | YES | ||
| Hot water cylinder jackets | YES | ||
| Infestation | by pigeons, rats, insects, etc. Contact your local council - unless a separate service charge has been agreed. | YES | |
| Immersion heaters | YES | ||
| Keys | if you ask us to change a lock, we will charge you | YES | |
| Kitchen units | YES | ||
| Laminate flooring | except when the damage is caused by other repairs we have carried out (you must obtain our written permission before fitting laminate flooring) | YES | |
| Lifts | YES | ||
| Lighting | communal/estate lighting | YES | |
| Light fittings | except light bulbs and dimmer switches | YES | |
| Locks | except communal locks | YES | |
| Paths | YES | ||
| Plastering/plasterboard | except minor cracks | YES | |
| Plumbing repairs and leaks | leaks to domestic appliances (e.g. washing machines) will only be repairs if they were originall provided by us | YES | |
| Porches | except broken glazing | YES | |
| Re-lighting pilot light on gas boiler | including re-setting any heating controls or programmes | YES | |
| Roofs and gutters | YES | ||
| Sanitary fixtures and fittings | except WC seats | YES | |
| Sink units | except waste pipe blockages | YES | |
| Skirting boards | YES | ||
| Stairs | YES | ||
| Switches and sockets | except dimmer switches | YES | |
| Tap washers | fitting and replacement | YES | |
| Telephone points | YES | ||
| TV aerials and sockets | unless communal | YES | |
| Washing lines | unless communal | YES | |
| WC repairs | WC blockages | YES | |
| Windows | except window locks | YES | |
| Waste blockages | including basic, bath and kitchen sink. You will be recharged if the blockage is considered to be caused through neglect by the tenant, a member of the family or another person on the premises | YES | |
| Worktops | YES |
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