Posted 3 days ago
Tue 12 May, 2026 12:05 PM
How to report maintenance issues. Whether it's in your bedroom your shared spaces, it's all important.
After a full day of lectures, the last thing you want is to come home and find the hob isn’t working or there’s no hot water. But don't worry, the ResLife team is always prepared to sort out problems in the student accommodations for you. This article is to inform you how you can quickly and efficiently reach the ResLife team for support on maintenance.
The first way is to report the maintenance issue online using the University of Bath Self-Service Portal. You can also find this link by scanning the QR code on a poster in your kitchen.
After logging into the portal, you will be directed to the ResLife Fault or Issue page.
Here, you will need to specify what kind of issue you are having, e.g. accommodation fault (which covers the failure or malfunction of all kinds of devices and items in the student accommodation), cleaning or laundry. Most of the maintenance issues could be categorised as “accommodation fault”. Then you need to add a brief description to the issue you report, e.g. “oven not working”.
Finally, you need to add a detailed description of the issue, including the exact position of the object to be maintained, why and in which way it needs to be maintained.
After submitting the form, you will receive within a few minutes an automatic reply indicating that the problem you reported has been registered; this means that the ResLife team has received your report and will soon sort it out for you.
The second way is to report the maintenance issue by sending an email to reslifeops@bath.ac.uk. In the email, please clearly indicate who are you, where are you living, and what exactly the problem you want to report.
If you are running into an emergent problem that presents an immediate danger to your personal safety, e.g. gas leak, fire or imminent risk of fire or explosion, substantial flood or leakage of water from plumbing, a large-scale loss of electrical supply (affecting more than one room), you can also call on 01225 383232 during office hours and 01225 385349 out of hours.