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If you own a flat, letting your lease drop too low wipes its value quicker than dodgy stone-cladding. Yet in England and Wales, powerful laws let you extend leases for a fair price.
This guide looks at whether you should extend, how it works and has a free Lease Extension Calculator to give an instant steer on how much it’ll cost you. Find the guide here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/mortgages/extend-your-lease
Ever wondered what the correct terms are for the different parts of a house are? Well read on….
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1 STOP END (TO GUTTER)
2 VERGE
3 GABLE/GABLE END
4 CEILING JOIST
5 COLLAR
6 STRUT
7 PURLIN
8 RIDGE BOARD
9 EAVES PLATE/WALL PLATE
10 SOFFIT BOARD
11 RAFTER
12 LAP (OF ROOF COVERING)
13 BATTENING
14 GAUGE (OF BATTENING)
15 VALLEY GUTTER
16 WEATHER-BOARDING
17 EAVES FASCIA/FACIA BOARD
18 DORMER (WINDOW)
19 ROOF SPACE VENTILATOR
20 RIDGE RILE
21 TINGLE
22 LEADED LIGHT
23 VERGE BOARD/GABLE BOARD/BARGE BOARD
24 DORMER CHEEK
25 FILLET/WEATHERED FILLET
26 FRONT APRON FLASHING
27 CHIMNEY STACK
28 FLAUNCHING
29 CHIMNEY POT
30 VENT COWL
31 SOAKER
32 STEPPED FLASHING
33 EAVES
34 ROOFING FELT/SARKING FELT
35 ROOF BOARDING
36 SWAN NECK
37 HIP TILE
38 HIPPED END
39 HIP RAFTER
40 LAGGING
41 EXPANSION PIPE
42 COLD WATER STORAGE CISTERN/TANK
43 BALL COCK/BALL VALVE
44 BEARER
45 LOFT INSULATION/ROOF SPACE INSULATION
46 CENTRAL HEATING HEADER TANK/HEADER TANK
47 OVERFLOW PIPE 48 ANGLE TIE/DRAGON TIE
49 GUTTER
50 HIP IRON
51 JACK RAFTER
52 BRICK EXTERNAL CLADDING (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL)
53 CAVITY (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL)
54 BREATHER PAPER
55 PLYWOOD
56 TIMBER FRAMEWORK (LOAD BEARING)
57 INSULATION (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL)
58 VAPOUR BARRIER/CHECK (POLYTHENE)
59 PLASTERBOARD(TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL)
60 COPING
61 TUCK IN OF FELT ROOFING INTO CHASE
62 DAMP ROOF COURSE/D.P.C.
63 PARAPET/PARAPET WALL
64 FLASHING/WALL FLASHING/UPSTAND (TO FELT ROOFING)
65 STONE CHIPPINGS 66 BITUMEN FELT ROOFING/ BUILT-UP /FELT ROOFING
67 LINTEL
68 INSLUTATION BOARD
69 ROOF DECKING
70 PATIO DOOR
71 BRICK OUTER SINK (TO CAVITY WALL)
72 FIRRING
73 ROOF JOIST
74 WEEP HOLE
75 JOIST HANGER/WALL HANGER
76 REVEAL
77 DOUBLE GLAZING
78 DAMP PROOF COURSE/ D.P.C.
79 BOOT LINTEL
80 SILL
81 DRIP/THROATING
82 BLOCK INNER SKIN (TO CAVITY WALL)
83 DAMP PROOF COURSE/ D.P.C.
84 CAVITY FILL
85 BRICK INNER SKIN (TO CAVITY WALL BELOW D.P.C.)
86 TRENCH FILL FOUNDATION
87 HARDCORE/HARDCORE BED
88 BLINDING
89 DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE/D.P.M.
90 CONCRETE SLAB
91 FLOOR INSULATION
92 UNDERPINNING
93 STRIP CONCRETE FOUNDATION
94 SCREED/SCREEDED BED
95 CAVITY WALL TIE
96 GULLEY GRATE
97 GULLEY
98 ANTI SPLASH SHOE/SHOE
99 DOWNPIPE/RAINWATER DOWNPIPE
100 HOLDERBAT
101 BRANCH DRAIN
102 HAUNCHING
103 CONCRETE DRAIN BEDDING/DRAIN BEDDING
104 MAIN DRAIN RUN
105 CHANNEL
106 INVERT
107 BRANCH BEND
108 MANHOLE TO INSPECTION
109 BENCHING
110 INSPECTION COVER FRAME
111 INSPECTION COVER
112 ACCESS EYE/RODDING EYE
113 SOIL STACK
114 WEATHER-BOARD
115 WATER BAR
116 DOOR FRAME (TO EXTERNAL DOOR)
117 WALL PLATE
118 FLOOR JOIST (TO SUSPENDED TIMBER FLOOR)
119 SLEEPER WALL
120 DAMP PROOF COURSE/ D.P.C.
121 HARDCORE/HARDCORE BED
122 CONCRETE OVERSITE/ OVERSITE CONCRETE
123 PILE
124 GROUND BEAM
125 FOOTING
126 TREE ROOT
127 RENDERED PLINTH
128 AIR BRICK/VENTILATING GRILLE
129 PLASTER (ON BRICKWORK)
130 DADO RAIL
131 BAY WINDOW
132 CASEMENT WINDOW (SIDE HUNG)
133 DEAD LIGHT/FIXED LIGHT
134 TREE STUMP
135 MULLION
136 TRANSOM
137 NIGHT VEN/VENT LIGHT (TOP HUNG)
138 PRECAST CONCRETE PAVING
139 DRIP EDGE
140 RETAINING WALL
141 LEAD ROOFING
142 APRON AND UPSTAND
143 TIE BAR
144 WOOD ROLL
145 BRESSUMMER
146 RENDERING
147 SLIDING SASH WINDOW
148 SOLDIER ARCH
149 FLOOR BOARD
150 WALL PLATE
151 FLOOR JOIST (TO SUSPENDED FLOOR)
152 HERRING BONE STRUTTING
153 PLASTERBOARD (TO CEILING)
154 CORNICE
155 BRICKWORK (SOLID)/ SOLID BRICKWORK
156 PLASTER (ON LATH)
157 STUD
158 LATH
159 WALL STRING 160 TREAD
161 QUARTER SPACE LANDING
162 DOOR LINING (TO INTERNAL DOOR)
163 BORROWED LIGHT
164 ARCHITRAVE
165 NOSING
166 RISER
167 LANDING
168 HANDRAIL
169 FLUE
170 IMMERSION HEATER
171 HOT WATER CYLINDER
172 BALUSTER
173 LAGGING JACKET/FOAM LAGGING
174 OUTER STRING
175 NEWEL POST
176 FIRE BACK
177 FIRE PLACE
178 HEARTH
179 BLOCK INTERNAL PARTITION
180 JAMB
181 PIVOT SASH WINDOW (HORIZONTAL)
182 TELL TALE/VERNIER CRACK MARKER
183 DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT CRACK/SETTLEMENT CRACK/SUBSIDENCE CRACK
184 PILLAR TAPS
185 LAVATORY BASIN/WASH HAND BASIN
186 PLASTERBOARD (TO STUD PARTITION)
187 NOGGIN
188 STUD PARTITION/TIMBER STUD PARTITION
189 BATH
190 MIXER TAP
191 W.C. PAN
192 TRAP
193 CISTERN/FLUSHING CISTERN
194 SOIL PIPE
195 WASTE PIPE
196 PLASTERBOARD (TO CEILING)
197 COVING
198 CAVITY WALL INSULATION
199 WINDOW BOARD
200 SKIRTING
ACCESS EYE 112
AIR BRICK 128
ANGLE TIE 48
ANTI SPLASH SHOE 98
APRON (DRESSED OVER UPSTAND – TO LEAD ROOFING) 142
ARCHITRAVE 164
BALL COCK/BALL VALVE 43
BALUSTER 172
BARGE BOARD 23
BATH 189
BATTENING 13
BAY WINDOW 131
BEARER 44
BENCHING 109
BITUMEN FELT ROOFING 66
BLINDING 88
BLOCK INNER SKIN (TO CAVITY WALL) 82
BLOCK INTERNAL PARTITION 179
BOOT LINTEL 79
BORROWED LIGHT 163
BRANCH BEND 107
BRANCH DRAIN 101
BREATHER PAPER 54
BRESSUMMER 145
BRICK EXTERNAL CLADDING (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL) 52
BRICK INNER SKIN (TO CAVITY WALL BELOW D.P.C.) 85
BRICK OUTER SKIN (TO CAVITY WALL) 71
BRICKWORK (SOLID) 155
BUILT-UP ROOFING 66
CASEMENT WINDOW (SIDE HUNG) 132
CAVITY (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL) 53
CAVITY FILL 84
CAVITY WALL INSULATION 198
CAVITY WALL TIE 95
CEILING JOIST 4
CENTRAL HEATING HEADER TANK 46
CHANNEL 105
CHIMNEY POT 29 CHIMNEY STACK 27
CISTERN 193
COLD WATER STORAGE CISTERN/TANK 42
COLLAR 5
CONCRETE DRAIN BEDDING 103
CONCRETE OVERSITE 122
CONCRETE SLAB 90
COPING 60
CORNICE 154 COVING 197
DADO RAIL 130
DAMP PROOF COURSE/D.P.C. 62,78,83,120
DAMP PROOF MEMBRANE/D.P.M. 89
DEAD LIGHT 133
DIFFERENTIAL SETTLEMENT CRACK 183
DOOR FRAME (TO EXTERNAL DOOR) 116
DOOR LINING (TO INTERNAL DOOR) 162 DORMER (WINDOW) 18
DORMER CHEEK 24
DOUBLE GLAZING 77
DOWNPIPE 99
DRAGON TIE 48
DRAIN BEDDING 103
DRIP 81
DRIP EDGE 139
EAVES 33
EAVES FASCIA 17
EAVES PLATE 9 EXPANSION PIPE 41
FASCIA BOARD 17
FELT ROOFING 66 FILLET 25
FIRE BACK 176
FIRE PLACE 177
FIRRING 72
FIXED LIGHT 133
FLASHING (TO FELT ROOFING) 64
FLAUNCHING 28
FLOORBOARD 149 FLOOR INSULATION 91
FLOOR JOIST (TO SUSPENDED TIMBER FLOOR.) 118
FLOOR JOIST (TO SUSPENDED TIMBER FLOOR) 151
FLUE 169
FLUSHING CISTERN 193
FOAM LAGGING 173
FOOTING 125 FRONT APRON FLASHING 26
GABLE/GABLE END 3
CABLE BOARD 23
GAUGE (OF BATTENING) 14
GROUND BEAM 124
GULLEY 97
GULLEY GRATE 96
GUTTER 49
HANDRAIL 168 HARDCORE/HARDCORE BED 87,121
HAUNCHING 102
HEADER TANK 46
HEARTH 178
HERRING BONE STRUTTING 152
HIP IRON 50
HIPPED END 38
HIP RAFTER 39
HIP TILE 37
HOLDERBAT 100
HOT WATER CYLINDER 171
IMMERSION HEATER 170
INSPECTION CHAMBER 108
INSPECTION COVER 111
INSPECTION COVER FRAME 110
INSULATION (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL) 57
INSULATION BOARD 68
INVERT 106
JACK RAFTER 51
JAMB 180
JOIST HANGER 75
LAGGING 40
LAGGING JACKET 173
LANDING 167
LAP (OF ROOF COVERING) 12
LATH 158
LAVATORY BASIN 185
LEADED LIGHT 22 LEAD ROOFING 141
LINTEL 67
LOFT INSULATION 45
MAIN DRAIN RUN 104
MIXER TAP 190
MULLION 135
NEWEL POST 175
NIGHT VENT (TOP HUNG) 137
BIGGIN 187
NOSING 165
OUTER STRING 174 OVERFLOW PIPE 47
OVERSITE CONCRETE 122
PARAPET/PARAPET WALL 63
PATIO DOOR 70
PILE 123
PILLAR TAPS 184
PIVOT SASH WINDOW (HORIZONTAL) 181
PLASTER (0N BRICKWORK) 129 PLATER (ON LATH) 156
PLASTERBOARD (TO CEILING) 153, 196
PLASTERBOARD (TO STUD PARTIT.) 186
PLASTERBOARD (TO TIMBER FRAMED WALL) 59
PLYWOOD 55
PRECAST CONCRETE PAVING 138
PURLIN 7
QUARTER SPACE LANDING 161
RAFTER 11
RAINWATER DOWNPIPE 99
RENDERING 146 RENDERED PLINTH 127
RETAINING WALL 140
REVEAL 76
RIDGE BOARD 8
RIDGE TILE 20
RISER 166
RODDING EYE 112
ROOF BOARDING 35
ROOF DECKING 69
ROOFING FELT 34
ROOF JOIST 73 ROOF SPACE INSULATION 45
ROOF SPACE VENTILATOR 19
SARKING FELT 34
SCREED/SCREEDED BED 94
SETTLEMENT CRACK 183
SHOE 98
SILL 80
SKIRTING 200
SLEEPER WALL 119
SLIDING SASH WINDOW 147
SOAKER 31
SOFFIT BOARD 10
SOIL PIPE 194
SOIL STACK 113
SOLDIER ARCH 148
SOLID BRICKWORK 155
STEPPED FLASHING 32
STONE CHIPPINGS 65
STOP END (TO GUTTER) 1 STRIP CONCRETE FOUNDATION 93
STRUT 6 STUD 157
STUD PARTITION 188
SUBSIDENCE CRACK 183
SWAN NECK 36
TELL TALE 182
THROATING 81
TIE BAR 143
TIMBER FRAMEWORK (LOAD BEARING) 56
TIMBER STUD PARTITION 188
TINGLE 21
TRANSOM 136
TRAP 192
TREAD 160
TREE ROOT 126
TREE STUMP 134
TRENCH FILL FOUNDATION 86
TUCK IN OF FELT ROOFING INTO CHASE 61
UNDERPINNING 92
UPSTAND (COVERED BY APRON – TO LEAD ROOFING) 142
UPSTAND (TO FELT ROOFING) 64
VALLEY GUTTER 15
VAPOUR BARRIER/CHECK (POLYTHENE) 58
VENT COWL 30
VENTILATING GRILL 128
VENT LIGHT (TOP HUNG) 137
VERGE 2 VERGE BOARD 23
VERNIER CRACK MARKER 182
WALL FLASHING (TO FELT ROOFING) 64
WALL HANGER 75
WALL PLATE 9,117,150 WALL STRING 159
WASH HAND BASIN 185
WASTE PIPE 195
WATER BAR 115
W C PAN 191
WEATHER-BOARD 114
WEATHER-BOARDING 16
WEATHERED FILLET 25
WEEP HOLE 74
WINDOW BOARD 193
WOOD ROLL 144
We are not going to take any credit for this as it was entirely the work of the amazing Cooper Adams who can be found here
Any gas appliance that the landlord owns and provides for the tenant’s use is included in the landlord’s legal duties.
If a tenant has their own gas appliance that the landlord has not provided, then the landlord has responsibilities for parts of the associated installation and pipework but not for the actual appliance.
There are some good practice measures that a landlord could adopt with appliances that tenants own:
1. At the start of the tenancy, advise the tenant of any flues or chimneys that are unsuitable for the installation of a gas appliance. You may also wish to consider regulating the installation of any appliance by a tenant through the conditions of the tenancy agreement.
2. If a tenant installs a heat producing appliance (e.g. fire) in the property ensure you are provided with a Building Regulations Compliance Certificate.
3. If a tenant installs a flueless gas cooking appliance (such as a cooker or hob) in the property ensure you are provided with a Declaration of Safety Certificate.
4. Free-standing cookers connected by a flexible connector (bayonet fitting), are not considered to be ‘readily movable’, but can be moved, temporarily, eg to clean the space they normally occupy; this type of activity is not regarded as ‘work’ within the meaning of these Regulations. Any other type of installation/reinstallation is regarded as gas work and must be carried out by a Gas Safe registered engineer.
5. Send a reminder to the tenant that their appliances should be serviced and checked for safety each year by a Gas Safe registered engineer, and where possible, offer to include these (at reasonable cost) within gas safety maintenance undertaken on your behalf.
6. It is also recommended to include all flues (eg chimneys) connected to gas appliances within your landlord’s gas safety check, even where they do not serve appliances provided by the landlord. This may also help to fulfil other legal duties under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
More information here