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Details of how to. report a repair, the different types and how these are prioritised are shown in your Repairs Handbook. 4.2 Your responsibilities as a tenant 4.2.1 You are responsible for minor repairs and decorating inside the Property. You must not decorate the outside of your Property unless you have our Written consent. 4.2.2 Where the Property is either listed or built in a Conservation area, you must not carry out internal decorations before seeking our Written consent. 4.2.3 Where the Property is newly converted or built you must seek guidance from the Housing Service prior to decorating the Property. 4.2.4 You are responsible for reporting any repairs needed to your Property or shared areas that we are responsible for. We are not responsible for any loss or damage because a tenant fails to report any disrepair or fault immediately. 4.2.5 If you fail to report a repair, you must pay for any damage caused by you failing to tell us. 4.2.6 You must not steal or sell any goods from any property, building or grounds owned by us. 4.2.7 You are responsible for reducing damp, mould and condensation through ventilation and controlling moisture. If we inspect your Property to resolve damp issues and these are found to be due to lifestyle choices, we may refuse to put them right or recharge you for carrying out any works. 4.2.8 You are responsible for carrying out minor repairs to your Property. This includes, but is not limited to:- 4.2.9 If you have a chimney flue and it is defective or blocked in any way you must report this to us without delay. 4.2.10 You are responsible for maintaining and servicing any appliance not provided or adopted by us and providing evidence of this when requested by the Council’s appointed gas servicing engineer at their annual service visit. 4.2.11 You are responsible for repairing or renewing any Improvements that you have carried out, including associated items. Unless the work is minor repairs you must ask our consent in writing to carry out any such works. 4.2.12 You are advised to keep a spare key to your Property safe, so that it can be used to gain entry if you lose your keys. 4.3 Major repairs and redevelopment 4.3.1 We may require possession of your Property if we need to carry out major work or if we need to redevelop the site. In such circumstances we have a legal right to possession. However, if we are required to decant you either on a permanent or temporary basis, we will offer you suitable alternative accommodation. In addition you may receive some form of compensation or assistance with removal costs, depending on your circumstances, in accordance with published policy. 4.3.2 If we have to decant you due to neglect or wilful damage to your Property caused by you, we will not provide any compensation or financial assistance to move. You will be recharged for the cost of having any work carried out to repair your Property.