Common Repairs Policy - Section 5
5. House Owners' Responsibilities
5.1 When a house is sold, a right of common ownership is usually granted along with any adjoining house to the division or partition walls, fences, gables, chimney heads, drains, rhones, service pipes, cables and wires serving both the sold property and any others using the facility or common part.
5.2 There may be other common items stipulated within the deed, for example, common pathways or areas where the owner and adjoining neighbour might be bound to bear a share of the cost of maintenance, repair or renewal.
5.3 Unless the work required is an emergency common repair, the Housing Service will seek advice from the Commercial and Conveyancing Section of the Moray Council’s Legal Section, in order that the relevant title deeds can be examined and the owner’s responsibility be identified.