Maintenance

When you live in social housing, it is the housing organisation that generally has a maintenance obligation. This means that they must keep buildings etc. in good condition. However, some interior maintenance is the responsibility of the tenant.

But where is the line between exterior and interior maintenance?

The interior maintenance concerns:

• Painting ceilings and walls
• Wallpapering
• Floor refinishing
• Whitening

All other maintenance is exterior maintenance.

The housing organisation is obliged to set aside money to carry out major maintenance work in the unit. However, no money must be set aside for modernisations and improvements.

Your housing organisation is obliged to take care of the exterior maintenance, i.e. everything that is not interior maintenance, for example:

• Day
• Cellars
• Facades
• Attic room
• Entrances
• Falling logs

Unless otherwise agreed, the housing organisation must also carry out repairs in the individual apartment, e.g:

• Kitchen worktop replacement
• Flooring
• Windows and windows
• Cisterns
• Refrigerator
• Cooker
• Water taps and the like.

Maintenance schemes for interior maintenance, there are two different maintenance schemes.

A scheme: maintenance during the living period is the responsibility of the tenant.

This includes:

• Whitening
• Painting
• Wallpapering
• Floor treatment
• Woodwork around doors and windows

In addition, repairs upon vacating the property are the responsibility of the tenant.

B scheme: The tenant pays into the maintenance account, which transfers the maintenance of the apartment to the housing organisation and the department.

• Repairs upon vacating are also transferred to the housing organisation.
• Installations in the apartment must be paid for by the department regardless of which scheme is used. However, this does not apply in the event of negligence on the part of the tenant.