Town and Country Housing considers your safety a priority. We hope you enjoy the Christmas festivities but please be aware of the heightened risk of fire over the holiday period.
Balconies
- Please limit furniture and storage to reasonable levels on a balcony or terrace.
- Please only use external grade lighting and non-flammable decorations if you want to decorate your balconies.
- Barbecues and other forms of hot cooking must not be used on balconies under any circumstances, an incident on one balcony could quickly affect others.
Christmas Lighting
- Check that Christmas lights used for decoration are in safe condition before you use them – ideally only use low voltage sets such as LED’S that have a transformer you plug in to the wall, or battery powered sets.
- Make sure any Christmas lights are switched off while you are sleeping and when you are not home.
- Take care with candles.
- Be aware not to overload sockets and or extension leads.
Detection
- Check that smoke and/or heat detectors are in working condition and are not covered – press the test button to make sure they sound.
In the communal areas
- Please dispose of wrappings and rubbish appropriately.
- Please do not leave anything in communal areas. Please see here for our zero tolerance policy for communal areas.
Wishing you a Safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!