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How long will my repair take?

The length of time your repair takes depends on the type of repair you need.  We put each repair into a category:

  • emergency
  • routine
  • planned repairs

Emergency and urgent repairs 

Emergency repairs are situations where there is a risk to someone’s health or safety, a home is not secure, or there is damage that will compromise the structure of your home. We aim to come to your home, or the communal area where the issue is, and make it safe within four hours. If our contractor cannot fix the problem straight away, they will carry out a temporary repair to make it safe.

Some repairs may be classed as urgent, but not necessarily requiring an emergency four hour response. These can be situations such as a loss of heating during the summer months, or a drainage issue that is not upsurging. We aim to come to your home to make the issue safe within 24 hours of you reporting an urgent repair.

Routine repairs 

Routine repairs are repairs which are unlikely to cause serious health and safety problems or serious damage if they are not fixed straight away. For example, repairs to taps, gutters, doors and windows.

In most cases we are able to offer an appointment when you report the repair, that is mutually convenient. We typically aim to complete responsive repairs within one calendar month, but as we work through the change in repairs service provider, this timeframe has been temporarily extended to 42 days. You can click here to find out more about the change to our repairs service provider here. 

Depending on the extent of the repair, we may need to return more than once to complete the job and it may extend beyond this timeframe if specialist parts are required that need to be customised, e.g. made to measure. If this does occur, we will let you know how long the repair is likely to take. 

Planned repair works 

Planned repair works are bigger repairs that take longer to arrange. For example, repairs where we need to use specialist contractors, carry out surveys or do more investigation.

These repairs would include work to paths, flat roofs, plastic windows and major problems with water supply and drainage.

We will give you an estimated completion date for this type of repair, but we aim to complete planned repairs within 90 days.

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