Home Improvements

Home Improvements & Alterations

Any work that changes the structure, appearance, size, or construction of your home or grounds is considered an alteration or improvement.

You must get written approval from Radius before starting any alterations to your home.

Examples include, but are not limited to:

Erecting a shed or greenhouse
Redecorating the exterior of the dwelling or communal parts
Installation of spotlights or other work that requires a trained professional
Installation of a satellite dish
Removal of internal walls
Installation of media walls
Roof space conversions
Installation of wood burning stoves

This allows us to assess your proposals and ensure the work won't damage or make your home unsafe. You'll also be responsible for obtaining any necessary building control approval and/or planning permission.

Your safety remains of paramount importance to us as your landlord, so in the case of gas and electrical works we would not give permission for work to be completed by anyone other than our registered contractors.

Any work done without prior approval may result in you being recharged for the cost of restoring the property to its original condition.

Servicing & Maintenance Information

: The Servicing team is responsible for servicing and maintaining many different aspects of our properties in both individual customer's homes and communal areas.
The team works with our contractors to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of our customers is prioritised at all times.
The work our servicing team undertake varies widely and includes:
Gas and oil boiler servicing
Asbestos surveys
Fire risk assessments
Legionella monitoring
Lift maintenance
PAT testing
Electrical fixed wire testing
and more...
: The Planned Maintenance Team play an important role at Radius through the management of improvement programmes in our customers homes via a variety of different workstreams.
The planned team work at individual tenants homes and also undertake works to communal areas at schemes.
Some of the types of work that the planned team undertake are:
Damp refurbishment works
Heating upgrades
Lift replacements
Redecoration programmes
Kitchen & bathroom replacements
The team also plays a vital role for many of our customers with our adaptations team supporting and managing adaptations of homes to suit specific needs.
The scope of works undertaken can be minor work such as grab rails, ramps and adapted shower installations or more major work such as through floor lifts and property extensions.