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Homecheck

We carry out free home safety inspections and give advice and help to make your home safer to live in.

This service is for

• People over 60 years of age
• Households with a child under five years old
• People with physical disabilities

You can be a homeowner, council tenant, or a tenant of a private or registered social landlord.

What we do

• We visit your home to check for hazards
• We carry out minor repairs such as fixing loose carpet, and replacing leads and plugs on irons and fires
• We raise electric wall sockets to help you reach them
• We supply and fit a range of safety devices such as stair-gates and door locks - mostly free of charge
• We fit lever taps for people with disabilities
• We also fit grab-rails, chair-raisers, stair-rails and key safes - a fee is charged for these jobs

To arrange a free Homecheck, call us on 023 9283 4274. If we can't help you we'll tell you about agencies that can.

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