Saturday, 6th November 2010, 10am – 2.00pm at the Bedwell Community Centre, Bedwell Crescent, Stevenage, SG1 1NA
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received this email from Michael Olawepo today in response to this post. The work required was an underground leak. The following explains what was carried out to resolve the underground leak. Two men had to excavate to a depth of three feet through solid concrete to locate the leak. They also...
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I received this email a short while ago. The author gave permission for me to post it.
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The Stevenage Homes Home Ownership Services Team are organizing a joint open day with the Leasehold Advisory Service, LEASE. LEASE is funded by the Government to provide free advice on the law affecting redential leasehold property in England and Wales and mediation between leaseholders and landlords.
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Lucy Johnson tells me she has queried a £1378 bill for repairing a leaking water pipe under the communal garden of her block. Her memory of the incident is: A man came for 2 days and dug something up in the garden. Lucy has been investigating:
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The next Leaseholder Forum is Today, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 18:30 Autun Room, Civic Suite, Daneshill House
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I have some spare time, so I thought I would go through the list of maintenance charges thoroughly this year. If you have queried anything I would be interested in knowing, especially if you live in The Towers. This is the text of the email I sent to Stevenage Homes.
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The Certificates for Actual Expenditure has been arriving on peoples door step. These show how much a landlord will be charging for services provided, compared to how much was estimated. Mine have often been a nasty shock.
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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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If you are interested on following us on on Twitter @StevenageLease. By it's nature Twitter tends to more immediate, but brief postings. You may find it interesting. We will of course continue with the full postings on this site.
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Figures released by Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) show sickness rates at SBC to be the highest in the Hertfordshire, with Stevenage Home coming in second to bottom. The Comet story says absenteeism at the SBC has cost £422,329.
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At the July Leaseholder Forum held at Daneshill House on the 7th, we were told that not all leaseholders are liable to pay for the IRS. Those that do not fall into two categories:
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