About Decorations

Inside
You are responsible for decorating the inside of your home. CHISEL may offer you a decorating allowance at the beginning of your tenancy. Your Housing Manager will give you details of this, if appropriate.

Redecorating after repairs
If we carry out repairs and, as a result, damage or disturb your decorations we will usually offer you a decorations allowance to pay for the cost of redecorating the affected area. In some cases we will make good the affected area - this normally means redecorating only the part of the room affected by the work.

Outside
We are responsible for decorating the outside of your home. Every four or five years we inspect the exterior of each property, and arrange for any necessary repairs to windows etc. before painting. We will try to give at least 48 hours notice when arranging for access to carry out inspections, repairs and painting, and we ask for your co-operation in leaving windows open during painting.

Communal areas
We are responsible for redecorating shared hallways, staircases and other communal areas. This work is carried out when we consider it necessary. In many instances tenants may like to get together to paint shared hallways, in which case we will consider giving a decorations allowance to cover the cost of materials - please discuss this with the Housing Manager before starting any painting.