Home repairs & improvements
Summary
We aim to offer everyone in South Norfolk the opportunity of a decent home and thereby improve the health, welfare, well being and quality of life of everyone who lives here. If you privately rent or own your home, we can offer advice plus financial help with repairs and adaptations. We provide:
- Loans to help your home meet the Decent Homes Standard and grants to help people with a disability make necessary changes to their homes
- A Care and Repair Service for people over the age of 60
- A Handyperson Service
- Advice on repair problems between you and your landlord if you rent your home;
- Housing Health and Safety Risk Assessments (HHSRS) and enforcement action where it is needed
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Download the Handyperson Service leaflet [PDF, 796 Kb]
Further information
Decent Home Loans, Disabled Facilities Grants and Gaining Independence Grants
Click here for our Housing Loans and grants page
The Care and Repair Service
This helps people over the age of 60 who want to remain independent and to continue to live in their own home. The service offers:
- Advice, practical and financial help
- Links to other support services
- Advice and support in getting work done from minor repairs to major renovation work
- Help with works needed because of disability and funded through a disabled facilities grant
- Help with disabled facilities grant work is available to people of all ages, not just those over 60
- A Handyperson service for small repairs around the home at a reasonable cost
Click here for more on the Care & Repair service
Tenant landlord repair issues
If you are a tenant and are having problems with your landlord carrying out repairs please contact our Housing Standards team for further advice or for a home visit.
Energy Efficiency measures
We provide advice and assistance with energy efficiency measures in your home through the Broadland Energy Team. For more information see our Energy efficiency pages.
Contact us
| contact officer/team: | Housing Standards Team |
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| web: | online enquiry form |
| email: | hrenewal@s-norfolk.gov.uk |
| telephone: | 01508 533705 |
| minicom/textphone: | 01508 533622 |
| address: | South Norfolk Council South Norfolk House Swan Lane Long Stratton Norwich NR15 2XE |
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Last updated on: 24 July 2012