Keeping communal areas clear
To ensure the health and safety of our residents who live in blocks with communal areas, such as hallways and stairs, we are obliged to ensure that such areas are free of health and safety and fire hazards. Not just flammable items but anything that can obstruct a potential escape route or hinder the access of emergency services.
Residents are not permitted to use the communal areas to store personal household belongings nor to have items such as doormats, flowerpots, bench seats or shoe storage.
Where we discover any health and safety hazards in communal areas, we will firstly try and locate the owner of the items and ask for them to be removed, if we are unable to identify the owner, we will then serve a Tort Notice on the items.