Window Restrictors

In November I received an invoice from Stevenage Homes for the window restrictors that they fitted my flat in 2010. I had forgotten all about them. Which is not surprising, they were fitted on the 21st September 2010, thirteen months previously. There was no explanation as to why it took so long to raise...
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I have had an email from Suzanne Burnett telling me that she has yet to have had the window restrictors fitted. Mine were fitted on 21 September 2010. Suzanne asks: When are they coming to do these? After such a big deal about the necessity why has it not been completed yet? Every time...
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Child restrictors were fitted to the windows in a block from which an eight-year-old girl fell to her death, the social landlord has said. Old Ford Housing Association said the windows at Sandall House, in Bow, east London, were fitted in 2004 and are a ‘tilt and turn’ design with child restrictors.
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A letter from Debbie Rabot, Director of Housing and Customer Services at Stevenage Homes. It is dated 25th August, one week after the original post. It includes : We note the that you omitted to mention the inclusion of the opt-out form and the factsheet in the information provided to leaseholders in your blog. We...
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Another letter from Stevenage Homes clarifying what is faulty with the window restrictors. The letter states that if a window opens by: more than 100mm (4 inches) before needing further release (by some additional catch/latch/button/key), this indicates there is no restrictor or the existing restrictor is not working properly.
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I have received a letter saying the windows in the Towers represent a category 1 threat under the Housing Health and Safety Rating System. This is the highest possible threat. This applies to all windows above the second floor which have no window restrictors fitted.
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