#18092
Bennifer
Flatchatter

    Obviously kids falling through windows is truly awful but I have to wonder where parental/owner/tenant responsibility comes into things? Is it really the government’s and the OC’s responsibility to stop it happening? I don’t have children but when I purchased my top floor flat, I cut pieces of dowel and put it into the window runners (on all windows) as well as installing window locks (so the accessible ones could be locked partially open). I also installed a bolt lock on my balcony sliding door. I did this for the rare occasions that my nieces and nephews visit – because it was the sensible thing to do…
    If I can do that for the few visit a year from my relatives, why can’t parents, whose kids are there all the time, do the same thing? Surely its just common sense and good judgement?
    What about residents who never have kids over – should they have to take all the additional measures as well? I just can’t see why parents should not be responsible for organising these safety additions but it should be sorted by the OC’s (which will really mean the EC’s).