Explanation of the Declaration of Understanding
Fire Precautions
- The Fire Alarm and reset code
The fire alarm is situated in the common hallway. The house is split into zones.
When operating normally all zone lights should either have no light on or have a green light against each zone indicating all is well.
Should you hear an intermittent bleeping noise accompanied by a red zone light, this would indicate a fault has occurred and we should be contacted as soon as possible.
IF you need to silence the alarms due to cooking or fault you can reset the panel by entering the code 51412.
If this fails to reset, please contact us.
- The Means of Escape
The property has a central protected route when all fire doors leading on to the stairwell are closed. It is vital for your safety and the safety of others that all fire doors are not wedged open, as this negates the protective shaft.
Protection of the escape route and keeping it free from obstruction
DO NOT BLOCK or OBSTRUCT the main protective rout
- The importance and use of fire doors
KEEP them SHUT, they are no good wedged open in a fire
- Fire fighting equipment
DO NOT tamper with the self closing mechanisms, they are there for your protection
DO NOT tamper with fire fighting equipment, These are for use in an emergency.
IF you NEED it USE IT. IF not DON’T TOUCH.
Waste Management
The arrangements for waste storage, collection and recycling have been explained to me as set out below and I understand them.
- Non-recycling waste to be placed for collection in black refuse sacks only.
- Recycling waste, namely cans, bottles and paper should be placed in green refuse bags.
- Recycling waste is collected fortnightlyRefuse sacks must be placed at the kerbside in front of the property no earlier than 7.00pm the night before collection.
- Collection of non-recycling waste is collected on a Wednesday
- No refuse sacks nor any other type of waste must accumulate in front gardens before collection.
- They must be stored to the rear of the property in the facility provided by the landlord.
- Only normal household waste may be disposed of within a refuse sack. Do Not dispose oil, grease, asbestos, clinical waste, building waste or garden waste in this manner.
- For advice on how these and bulky items may be disposed of, the contact number is 635600
Anti-Social Behaviour
What may constitute anti-social behaviour.
Anti-Social behaviour can take many forms from:
Noise, abuse, rubbish, animals, drunkenness, removing road sign/cones etc as Trophies
These are not the only forms, but are the most common and will not be tolerated in our properties
The standard of behaviour expected
Whilst we expect that groups of tenants behave differently, we expect that you will act in a tenant-like manner, that
you will not cause a nuisance ort annoyance to other individuals or owners locally. Remember that you are Ambassadors of the University.
Consequences
The consequence of anti-social behaviour including formal action by the police, Education body or Local Authority.
The Landlord and Agent have powers that we can approach, the Police, University and the Council to seek out individuals who cause a nuisance or anti-social behaviour in or around the property.
The possible consequences in terms of my tenancy agreement.
As a result of recent legislation, a Landlord can seek a Court Order for Anti-Social Behaviour.
Also the Landlord can refer the matter to the University’s Student Union, where, the privileges of the Union can now
be removed as a penalty for allowing such actions to happen. The Local Authority can also prevent the individual from further activities.
As a result of the actions of an individual or a group of individuals, this could give rise to a breech of tenancy, and a court order be sought for eviction – not only for the one individual, but the whole group of tenants listed on the tenancy.
WE ACT FAIRLY – WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THE SAME
