Landlord Duties

As a landlord (or as a facilities manager) you are responsible for the premises as a whole, but have special responsibility for the common areas of the premises. These can be thought of the parts of the premises not demised to the tenants. Typically, these may include: car parking areas, external areas (roads, paths, lighting, refuge areas, etc), entrance doors, reception areas, corridors, staircases and lifts. In addition, the landlord will usually be responsible for the various plant rooms (boiler room, lift motor room, pump rooms, etc), roof areas, fixed electrical installation, water supply, etc as well as for the safe management of contractors working in these areas. There are also some special areas of safety management that need to be considered, such as: fire safety for the common areas, the fixed electrical installation, cooling towers, asbestos, etc.