What is a Housing Association?

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

There are no "bugdets" WW! Job needs doing, you pay for it. You cannot say to contractors "oh, we've only £x amount to spend on what needs doing"

Most contractors submitting quotes are already vetted, members of an agreed association of approved contractors

The management.

No budgets? They jusy have an endless pot of money to dip into without any financial planning or regulation at all? Are you insane?

To remind you, my post refered to "scheduled improvements/repairs". Fitting new kitchens, better windows, renewing bathrooms and modernisation. Of course they have a budget.

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

You're not wrong

But you want to have a good old moan when nobody reacts to your inaction? That seems pretty typical to me. So, if your central heating starts making a funny noise, you do nothing? Tell no-one? Just ignore it and hope someone else notices? And then, when it does pack in, you'll blame British Gas for not sorting it out earlier and, I'm prepared to bet, go on an internet forum and whine that you should get some "com-pen-say-shun".

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

I didn't. Tsut. Not for that

But if a tennant of theirs is breaching their tennancy agreement by being anti social and causing problems in the neighbourhood, then tell them they're in breach and threaten them with losing their home. Job done.

Don't p u s s y foot around them, nor leave it up to the police or other authorities to resolve ( Env health) and sort them out themselves.

MORESO - DON'T TAKE 3 YEARS TO DO IT.

Fiona Pilkington - ring a bell??

The point I am making is that unless the community let the LL know of the issues, the LL will be none the wiser. You've already intimated that you would do nothing, so what chance has the LL of even knowing there is an issue in this case?

SingleSue

bouche wrote: »

& nobody wants to get involved due to intimidation caused by said family. We live in a country now you could be having a heart attack in the street and die cause nobody will come to your aid, thinking you're just drunk! I've seen it.

Like the poster above said these estate before were great, people looked out for one another, kept their doors open... but now, its not the case.

It all depends on where you live, in my street (ex council and now HA apart from a few owned homes), if you keeled over in the street, you would have umpteem neighbours out there calling an ambulance, checking your family is ok, making you comfortable etc.

We DO look out for each other, we all look after our gardens and homes and we do have a decent community.

I've experienced it from my neighbours when they have seen an ambulance pull up outside, they have offered to help out with the children while I stay with the person ill and I have also done the same for others.

robin_banks

bouche wrote: »

My HA takes in rent from approx 6ooo properties in the area, a large area. they own the land (freehold) anyway and what they get in rents is astronimical albiet tennant pay subsidised rent for what they get. So in essence, all they have to do is "maintain" these properties. If the income they get can't cover the basic maintenance of these properties, maybe the should like other businesses, make cuts by getting rid of the said middle management who are on vast salaries and are, essentially not needed, in order to have more funds to carry out these works.

Or UP the RENT

My lease demands that I contribute towards major works to the structure of the building, not fitting out my neighbours with new kitchens and bathrooms etc - so "improvements" are not my problem, fortunately.

Middle management aren't on vast salaries. Plus every organisation needs a management structure.

Thier is a cap as to how much HA's can increase rent. As a leaseholder you will be expected to make a contribution towards major works but this would be the case regardless of who owned the freehold.

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

My HA takes in rent from approx 6ooo properties in the area, a large area. they own the land (freehold) anyway and what they get in rents is astronimical albiet tennant pay subsidised rent for what they get. So in essence, all they have to do is "maintain" these properties. If the income they get can't cover the basic maintenance of these properties, maybe the should like other businesses, make cuts by getting rid of the said middle management who are on vast salaries and are, essentially not needed, in order to have more funds to carry out these works.

Or UP the RENT

My lease demands that I contribute towards major works to the structure of the building, not fitting out my neighbours with new kitchens and bathrooms etc - so "improvements" are not my problem, fortunately.

Have you any concept of the complexity of managing 6000 properties, with 6000 individual tenants? You see the threads on here which run into 4,5,6 or more pages about just ONE tenancy. Multiply that 6000 times, and they would have to employ a whole team just to post on message boards!!!

robin_banks

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Have you any concept of the complexity of managing 6000 properties, with 6000 individual tenants? You see the threads on here which run into 4,5,6 or more pages about just ONE tenancy. Multiply that 6000 times, and they would have to employ a whole team just to post on message boards!!!

Which is medium size-ish HA.

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

Cause I've already done it -Spent the best part of 3 years "doing it"

And I thought you couldn't be bothered. Where did I get that crazy idea from? Oh yes... YOU!

Wee_Willy_Harris

bouche wrote: »

I've already spent a great deal of time putting my money where my mouth is to get this estate back in order. So I've not sat back moaning about it - I've retrospectively got off my !!!! to sort these issues out. Hence my reluctance to feel the need go into detail and explain things, now it's sorted.

So you've mistaken me, my position or as suggested are just out for an arguement, which I won't entertain.

I haven't said it's your individual responsibility, I've said it's a community issue, which needs resolving with the support of that community. As for argument, I was merely responding to your stated position of "Can't be bothered".

Wee_Willy_Harris

SingleSue wrote: »

It all depends on where you live, in my street (ex council and now HA apart from a few owned homes), if you keeled over in the street, you would have umpteem neighbours out there calling an ambulance, checking your family is ok, making you comfortable etc.

We DO look out for each other, we all look after our gardens and homes and we do have a decent community.

I've experienced it from my neighbours when they have seen an ambulance pull up outside, they have offered to help out with the children while I stay with the person ill and I have also done the same for others.

And THAT'S what community is all about. If little Tommy is is giving me grief, I'll pop down the pub, find his dad, and ask him to sort his son out. Job done. But, for a variety of reasons, people won't address the issue within their own community. They say nothing, do nothing, then moan when nothing changes. I imagine that where you live, as here, if a wrong 'un moved in they would have 2 simple choices. Comply, or p#&s off! I get nagged if I don't tidy the garden for a couple of weeks! But my garden IS tidy. It wouldn't be if I didn't get nagged by the neighbours.