Our subsidiary RHP Home (managed by our partner Kier), delivers our essential and emergency repairs service. RHP Home brings the best of our organisations together to deliver a safe and efficient repairs service, that protects your home for today and tomorrow. Our gas and electrical testing, as well as emergency heating and hot water repairs, is carried out by Smith & Byford.
Anyone coming to carry out an essential or emergency repair will have an RHP Home uniform and ID.
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Essential repairs
Our repairs service for tenants includes:
- Kitchen units, worktops,
kitchen taps, wall tiles & vinyl floor coverings. - Baths, basins, toilets, showers, bathroom taps, wall tiles & vinyl floor coverings.
- Internal & external doors, including fire doors
- Window frames, handles, hinges & misted double glazed units.
- Heating & hot water systems, including gas, electrical & non-standard systems.
- Leaks to roofs, service pipes, rainwater pipes and gutters.
- Drainage systems & clearance of blocked internal & external.
- Electrical supply, electrical fittings and mains powered smoke alarms.
- Building structure including roofs, walls, floors, staircases & balconies.
- Defective wall and ceiling finishes.
- Disability aids & adaptations.
- Garages attached to properties and garages within blocks.
- Boundary walls, fences, gates & hard landscaping.
- Communal repairs to blocks
& estates.
Tenants are responsible for:
- Repairs to wall and ceiling finishes (minor repairs including filling holes and hairline cracks).
- Redecoration due to wear & tear.
- Replacing plugs and chains.
- Clearing minor blockages to sinks, basins, baths, toilets, showers.
- Replacing shower heads, rails or curtains.
- Replacing standard light bulbs.
- Replacing toilet seats, bathroom accessories, curtain rails.
- Maintaining private gardens & repairing garden sheds.
- Replacing lost door or window keys.
- Gaining entry due to lost or forgotten door keys.
- Repairing any accidental or intentional damage caused by our customer or visitors to their home.
- Repair or replacing floor coverings outside of the kitchen and bathroom.
- Replacing batteries in smoke detectors.
- Cleaning and treating minor mould growth.
- Bleeding radiators.
- Topping up boiler pressure.
Our repairs service for homeowners includes:
- Communal repairs
- Repairs to the building structure
- Repairs to window frames
Homeowners are responsible for:
- Repairs inside their home and that are not connected to a communal system.
- Repair or replacement of the flat door.
- Repairs to glazing.
- Kitchen units, worktops,
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Emergency repairs
An emergency repair is a repair to make a situation safe where there is imminent threat to life, danger of serious injury or major damage to the property.
Our emergency repairs service covers:
- Total loss of power
- No hot water (during winter months only)
- Hot water is coming out of my cold water taps
- Major leaks from pipes or roof
- Total loss of heating between September to April (if the temperature is below 10 degrees celcius)
- Blocked external drains
- Dangerous electrical fittings or installation
- Major structural damage
Broken toilet if no other working toilet.
If you have an emergency repair then please call us on 0800 0322 433. We have an out of hours emergency team who'll always be there to help.
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How do I request a repair?
Our repairs online tool is live through your RHP online account, allowing you to request and track repairs at any time and on any device.
You can also request a repair by calling 0800 032 2433.
Through repairs online, you can:
- request a repair for routine jobs
- request, change, and cancel appointments
- view the repairs you’ve requested online
- view two years’ worth of repairs history
- watch ‘how-to’ videos for common repairs that are your responsibility.
Any repairs you request online will be confirmed within two working days by text message. In some instances, we might need to call to discuss requests in more detail.
You should still call us in these situations:
- emergencies
- gas, heating, and hot water issues
- damp & mould queries (if you're experiencing mould, please call us right away to make our dedicated damp & mould team aware)
- updates on repairs you’ve already told us about - requesting them online would cause a duplicate in our system, and won't provide you with the help you need
- arranging follow-up work.
Our how-to videos
If you need an extra helping hand, our videos show you how to tackle some of the most common home repairs.