COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

QUESTION NO.  6

QUESTION: Councillor William Joseph Carey

"To ask the Chief Executive if he can outline the Council's policy towards maintenance requests whereby long standing tenants have previously carried out works but have since fallen into disrepair. ie where bathrooms have been replaced by tenants but have since developed maintenance issues. (a) where same tenant is in situ (b) where new tenants are property since works carried out by previous tenant?"

REPLY:

If you are a Council tenant and wish to carry out any alterations to your home, you must in the first instance apply for permission to Maintenance Section by email to hmaint@sdublincoco.ie

If a bathroom for example has been replaced in a council home and if it is not water-tight, it will cause damage to the property and the Council may hold the tenant responsible for the cost of repairs. The silicon sealing around the bath/shower tray is tenant responsibility and should be maintained as required.

Prior to a property being re-let it is inspected and any alterations carried out by the previous tenant(s) which are not in compliance are either removed or repaired to standard prior to the property being re-let to a new tenant.