Tenement dwellings - provision of Building Reserve Funds: report

Appendix 2: Public Survey

Building Reserve Funds

The following questions are about housing maintenance and repair.

Ask all

Question 1. What kind of building do you live in?

• A traditional tenement flat
• A modern flat
• Another type of flat
• A divided Victorian or Edwardian town house [continue q2-6 and then end survey]
• A detached house [continue q2-6 and then end survey]
• A terraced house [continue q2-6 and then end survey]
• A semi-detached house [continue q2-6 and then end survey]
• Other

Ask to all Question 2. Does the building have an owners’ association or owners’ group?

• No
• Yes
• Don’t know

Ask if No/DK at Q2 Question 3. Have you ever considered or discussed creating an owners’ association or owners’ group?

• Yes,
• No,
• Don’t know

Ask to all Question 4. Is the property you live in Factored?

• No
• Yes, by a professional property factor or manager
• Yes, self-factored
• Don’t know

Ask to all Question 5. Is the building surveyed regularly to see what repairs are needed? This would be done by a qualified surveyor, architect or engineer.

• No
• Yes
• Don’t know

Ask to all Question 6. Has the building been subject to emergency repair procedures whilst you have stayed there?

• No
• Yes
• Don’t know

Ask to those who live in a flat only (Options 1, 2, 3 @ Q1) Question 7. Do you own the property you live in?

• Yes
• No- I rent from a private landlord
• No- I rent from a Registered Social Landlord (including a Housing Association)
• No- other arrangement e.g. staying in the property of a family member

Ask to Q7 YES ONLY Question 8. To what extend to you agree with these statements about the building?

RANDOMISE ORDER

• I don’t know most of the owners of the other units
• Owners come together to make joint decisions about the building
• I understand my rights and responsibilities as an owner
• I am familiar with the detail of my title deeds
• I am familiar with Duty to Maintain
• I don’t know the difference between ‘maintenance’ and ‘improvements’
• I know everything wrong with the building and its repair priorities
• I don’t find it easy to organise builders to do repairs
• I am confident in finding someone to do repair work well and for a good price
• I struggle to pay for repairs to the building
• I put money aside in case I have to pay for building repairs
• In the building owners save together for repairs
• We find it difficult to coordinate maintenance and repair
• I know what help I could access through my Council/ Local Authority

SCALE: Strongly agree, tend to agree, neither agree nor disagree, tend to disagree, strongly disagree, DK

Ask to No options 2,3,4 @ Q7 Question 9. To what extent do you agree with these statement about the building you live in?- agreement scale

• I experience problems due to the state of the building including damp, rot, leaking roofs or around windows
• I am happy that the building is wind and water-tight
• I wish more was done to maintain the building
• I worry about the cost of my rent going up should the building need repairs

SCALE: Strongly agree, tend to agree, neither agree nor disagree, tend to disagree, strongly disagree, DK

Ask to those who live in flats only (Option 1, 2, 3 @ Q1) Question 10. After this survey we are organising some focus groups. These groups would take place online and you would receive a payment for taking part. Would you be interested in taking part in one of these focus groups?

• Yes
• No

If yes, confirm email address and phone number