Service charges

Servicing and repair costs to door entry systems, fire panels, smoke detectors and emergency lighting, and eventual replacement. 

Servicing and repair costs for laundry equipment and white goods in communal kitchens, and eventual replacement. 

Covers annual service and repairs to hard wired alarm systems, and eventual replacement. 

All fire panels are tested weekly. This covers this cost and eventual replacement

Covers annual servicing and maintenance when needed, and eventual replacement. 

Covers regular servicing and repairs. 

Where we have communal water supplies regular testing is undertaken. 

These are electricity, gas, water and sewerage costs for communal lounges, kitchens, bathrooms and communal parts of blocks such as hallways and stairwells. 

Electricity will also cover usage by fire alarm systems, emergency lighting, door entry systems, digital TV systems and hard-wired alarm systems. 

Some schemes will not have communal areas, but the properties will share an electric meter (landlord supply) to supply the electric to their hard-wired alarms as well as to any TV booster aerials and digital TV systems. 

Covers the upkeep of communal gardens, grass cutting, plant beds, open spaces, trees and hard-standing areas within each block or scheme. 

Covers all communal areas like common rooms, hallways and stairwells. 

These costs are split between ground floor and upper floors based on quotations from our contractors.

Covers the maintenance of open spaces owned by Alliance Homes, including grass cutting and maintenance of trees. 

We're responsible for the running, servicing and repair costs for all streetlights found on land we own. So, this only applies to certain neighbourhoods. 

Covers our waste collection service to remove and dispose of any fly tipping from our open spaces and fix any damage and cover any graffiti. 

Our community wardens are a visible presence in the community, responding to all manner of environmental and neighbourhood issues as well as ensuring any fly tipping, damage and graffiti are dealt with promptly by our waste collection service

These are charges that are specifically related to your own property. Sometimes, these might be charges we pay on your behalf, and then recharge the cost to you throughout the year. 

Miscellaneous charges relate to any service charge levied by a third party, such as private estate charges, or where we do not manage the services. 

Shared ownership properties will pay private estate charges. 

These fees are spent on managing the environmental and servicing contracts. 

Administration fee of 5% is charged on utility costs. 

Administration Fee of 10% is charged on all other services and for zone charges with the exception of depreciation costs on which we charge no administration fee. 

Depreciation of the passenger lift, recover cost to replace like for like system.

Servicing and Maintenance of the building management system.

Servicing and maintenance of the Tunstall system within the building.

Cost of electricity in all communal areas.

Servicing and maintaining the communal TV or digital system, broadband charges.

Cost for repairs door entry system, electrical doors, servicing and maintaining any communal automatic gates barriers or shutters

General up keep of the inside and outside of the building communal arears including bin stores making sure walk ways are clear.

Servicing and maintaining the fire safety and suppressants within the building.

Maintaining and inspecting roof netting.