How to maintain your home

We publish a booklet on home maintenance which has useful advice on how to look after your home and keep repairs to a minimum.

'Maintaining your home - a householder's guide for Northern Ireland' (PDF 928 kB) can be downloaded below and gives you:

• details of the problems that can happen inside and outside your home and how to deal with them
• a guide to the type of approval you need if you are planning on making improvements to your home
• information on the types of surveys available and what a building surveyor does

We also provide additional information on winter maintenance.