Edinburgh Shared Repairs Service
About Edinburgh Shared Repairs Service
If you own a flat in a tenement, or upper and lower villa, as well as maintaining your own home, you and your fellow owners are responsible for the upkeep of the common or shared areas in or around the building.
Edinburgh Shared Repairs Service offers free advice and information to help owners organise repairs to the shared or common areas of your property. Find our contact details below.
This service is for private owners. If you are a Council Tenant, you can request help here: Request a repair for your Council home.
Edinburgh Shared Repairs Service has a range of services to help you with your shared repairs.
Shared Repairs helpline
For free advice on how to get started with your common repair call us on
0131 529 6778
Tenement toolkit
Our step-by-step guide with templates and checklists to help you organise your shared repair project
Download your tenement toolkit (PDF and DOCX)
Missing Shares Service
Our Missing Shares Service helps flat owners who are having problems getting other owners to pay their share of repair costs to common areas of a tenement or block of flats.
This could be where an owner
• is unable to pay in the funds or it is unreasonable to ask them to do so
• cannot be identified or found or
• is unwilling to pay
We can then consider paying a missing share of the repair bill and recovering the cost from the owner who did not pay their share.
How to apply
Read our Missing Shares Service factsheet to find out more and submit your application using the Missing Share application pack.
Download the Missing Shares Service factsheet and application pack (PDF and DOCX)
Emergency repairs
Find out who to contact if your building is unsafe or if it is an emergency. Door entry systems are not treated as an emergency.