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Alterations & Adaptions

Medical Adaptions

We want to make sure that people can stay in their homes as long as possible. If a medical problem affects your ability to get around, we can carry out adaptations to your home to help.

If you need your home adapted, you should have an assessment by one of your local council’s occupational therapists. They would then apply to us for you.

NA Application
EA Application
D&G Application

Making Alterations

This guide will let you know what you need permission for (with conditions) and what you do not need permission for. This list is not exhaustive, please contact the housing team on 0800 468 360 or at [email protected] for further information.

You do not need permission for

  • Internal decoration, including plastering, wet wall and wall tiles.
  • External window/door painting which must be consistent with existing paintwork.
  • Hanging baskets, garden shrubs/vegetables/flowers.
  • Hardwood/laminate flooring/floor tiles, shower screens or wall mounted tv’s – however these remain your responsibility and may need to be removed if moving out.

Permission cannot be given for

  • Install a satellite dish.
  • Carry out structural works including loft conversions, loft flooring, erecting partition walls, removing walls.
  • Wrap or paint kitchen units/worktops.
  • Upgrading heating systems/removing radiators.
  • Extend fence height.
  • Install front fencing in ‘open plan development’.
  • Plant trees near the building.
  • Install log/wood burners.
  • Remove pass doors.

Permission needed 'with conditions'

  • Shed, summer house, storage units.
  • Clothes poles/rotary dryers
  • Hot tubs
  • External taps
  • External electric socket, electric supply to shed/summer house, electric car charging point.
  • Rear boundary fencing/trellis fencing/partial privacy panels
  • Driveways
  • Slabs/bark/stone chips/decking/artificial grass
  • Replace internal pass doors/facings/skirtings/banisters.
  • Replace light fittings/sockets/switches.
  • Install security alarm, CCTV, camera doorbell, security lights, locks.
  • Re-locate radiators/install remote heating controllers.
  • Replace bathrooms, shower over bath, mixer/lever taps, wet floor coverings.
  • Replace/remove kitchen units, mixer/lever taps, cooker hoods, worktops, breakfast bars.
  • Broadband/fibre cables

New build home

  • Shed, summer house, storage units.
  • Slabs/bark/stone chips/decking/artificial grass (rear only)
  • External taps
  • Security alarms, CCTV, camera doorbells, security lights, locks. security lights
  • Hanging baskets/external wall art etc.
Alteration Request Form
Please include Plans, Specification, Estimates etc)
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I/we understand that a member of staff from Cunninghame Housing Association will contact me within 7 days to discuss my application and I/we will be asked to confirm two security questions. If I/we fail to make contact my application will be refused and I/we would need to make a further application. I/we understand that the Association will formally respond to the application in writing within one month of the application being made confirming if the request has been granted or refused.
Completion of this application form does not mean consent has been granted. You should not make any changes to your tenancy until you receive a letter from the Association advising of the outcome including any conditions relevant to your application.
I hereby confirm that the information provided on this form is correct and that any false or misleading information or the withholding of any relevant information may result in the application being cancelled or if it has been approved that this will be revoked. I agree that Cunninghame Housing Association Limited can make necessary enquiries to confirm the details provided are correct.
By typing your name in this box you are digitally signing this request form.

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