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The tolerable standard is a very basic level of repair that your home must meet if it's to be fit for you to live in. Your home may not be fit to live in if:

• it has a bad problem with rising or penetrating damp
• it is not structurally stable, for example it's subsiding
• it doesn't have adequate ventilation, natural and artificial light or heating
• it doesn't have adequate thermal insulation
  
• it doesn't have an adequate supply of fresh water
• it doesn't have a sink with hot and cold water
• it doesn't have an indoor toilet
• it doesn't have a fixed bath or shower and wash basin with hot and cold water
• it doesn't have a good drainage and sewerage system
• if there is a electric supply and it doesn't meet the relevant safety regulations 
  
• there are no satisfactory cooking facilities (this doesn't mean your landlord has to provide you with a cooker, but there must be somewhere suitable for you to install your own cooking facilities)
• it doesn't have a proper entrance.