Glossary of Terms

Alphabet

A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – OP – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z

Communal Areas 

  • The shared entrances, halls, stairways, passages, fire escapes, roads and paths leading to your home. Grassed, cultivated, and other shared areas within the estate and block boundaries

Fixtures & fittings. These include:

  • Installation for supplying or using gas, electricity and water;
  • Built-in furniture;
  • Internal fixed glass;
  • Basins, sinks, baths and toilets;
  • Pipes, ducts, tanks, wires, cables, switches, boilers and storage heaters;
  • Fixed wall, floor or ceiling coverings, other than carpets

Housing office

  • Your local managing agent
  • Resident’s management organisation
  • Resident’s co-operative, or
  • The council housing department

Other Charges

  • These include charges for heating, hot water, and the use of a shed

Property

  • Your home and any land for which you pay rent

RMO

  • Resident Management Organisation

Tenant 

  • The person(s) to whom we have granted the tenancy

TMO

  • Tenant Management Organisation