Yours as the Leaseholder

You are responsible for the maintenance and repair of everything inside your home or which relates solely to it. This includes:

Internal walls, plasterwork, ceilings and floor services
Tanks, cisterns, drains, pipes, ducts, conduits, plumbing and wiring which service your home only
Window glass (but not window frames)
External doors to your home (but not door frames)
Internal doors and door frames
The TV aerial and fittings
Water heating
The electric circuits and fittings
All plumbing pipe work
Fittings and sanitary ware inside the flat other then shared pipes and drains
All services including water, gas, electricity and the phone (if any) from point of entry into the flat
Boundary hedges and fences
Gardens and steps if they are used only by you
Internal fixtures and fittings unless they belong to Erimus – for example door entry handset and system or a communal TV aerial and socket might be an Erimus fixture
Internal decorations
Reporting shared repairs

As a leaseholder you must:

Pay ground rent
Pay all service charges due on demand under the terms of your lease for annual services, repairs, improvements and insurance
Keep your home in good repair, including internal decorations
Keep your home in a clean and orderly condition; some leaseholders may also be responsible for helping to keep adjacent communal areas clean and tidy
Allow Erimus or its workmen access to your home if given reasonable notice or in an emergency
Write to our Home Ownership Team and inform us of your intention to sublet your property. You should tell us your mailing address and contact telephone number. You will be responsible if your subtenant breaks any of the lease conditions.

Make alterations to the building without Erimus’ prior consent
Use the building for business purposes
Cause a nuisance or annoyance to neighbours or let other members of your household do so
Cause damage to the building or fix any sign or otherwise disfigure any of the communal buildings, fences or walls