Over the past few years, Northern Ireland has suffered increasingly bad winters. A spell of bad weather can have a big impact on your housing situation so it’s important that you are prepared for the worst. A prolonged period of cold, wintry weather can affect your health, it’s important that you keep your home warm in the winter.

Private tenants

If you’re renting your home from a landlord, you need to make sure that certain steps have been taken to weatherproof the home.It’s incredibly important that you have sufficient contents insurance coverage in place to protect your belongings in case of a flood or water damage More

Housing Executive tenants

Prepare your home for bad weather by checking that your pipes have been lagged and making sure you know where your stopcock is in the event of pipes bursting. If the bad weather causes damage to your property, you can contact the Housing Executive who may be able to carry out repairs. More

Housing Association tenants

Each housing association should have a procedure for reporting repairs. Prepare yourself for the coming winter by getting to know this procedure now and taking note of any emergency numbers that you may need. More

Homeowners

If you own your own home, you bear the full responsibility when something goes wrong. Make sure you have sufficient insurance cover in place to protect you in case of strong winds, snow and ice and try to winter-proof your home as best you can. More

Heating your home

Heating your home adequately during the winter is really important. Exposure to low temperatures is dangerous for you and for your home. More