Carrying out home improvements
 Improving your garden
 Decorating inside your home
 Decorating outside your home

 Carrying out home improvements

You have the right to carry out improvements to your property, such as fitting a new bathroom suite or replacing kitchen units but you must first seek permission/approval from us to carry out any improvement works. Permission will not be unreasonably refused but may be given subject to certain conditions/guidelines being met. Permission will be refused if the work would cause us expense, be difficult to maintain, make it difficult to let the property in the future or give rise to complaints from other residents.
You may be entitled to compensation for carrying out home improvements for more information contact your managing agent.

Alterations that require our consent
Please let us know if you wish to:

• Make any structural alterations or additions to the property
• Remove or alter fixed units, doors, fixtures or fittings
• Change or decorate the exterior of the property
• Erect a garden shed, greenhouse, conservatory or lean-to or other buildings or structures in or on the property
• Affix or hang any TV aerial, satellite dish or advertisement, or any other thing to or from the exterior of the building which compromises the property, part of it, or on which the property is situated.

 Improving your garden

You are responsible for looking after your garden. We expect you to keep your garden clean and tidy. You will not be able to alter, replace or plant any hedge, fence or tree around your property without getting permission from us first.

 Decorating inside your home

You are responsible for keeping the inside of your home decorated to a reasonable standard.
If our contractors damage your interior decorations during the course of any works, we may offer you a decoration allowance or carry out the decorations or make good the damage, taking into account the damage caused and the existing standard of decoration.  This does not apply where the works were necessary because you had breached your tenancy obligations.

If you are a Council tenant, and find it difficult to carry out decorations because all members of your household are 60 years of age or more  or have a disability or serious long-term illness, you may be eligible for our Concessionary Decoration Assistance Scheme. This scheme pays an allowance towards the cost of you decorating at least one room (or separate bathroom & WC), however in very exceptional cases we can decorate a room of your choice for you. For more information please contact Support Services on 020 8871 6872 or email hms@wandsworth.gov.uk.

 Decorating outside your home

You must not alter or decorate the outside of your building, including any walls or floors, without our permission.
We will decorate the outside of your home, exterior woodwork and communal areas as necessary. 
External decorations of blocks on estates will be part of the planned program of works for more information you should contact your managing agent.