Council tenants to get £1,000 a year DIY budget

Graham_Devon

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Well, I did go straight to the horses mouth.

I would expect (as would a social housing provider) a workman to make good at the end of the job. (But I notice the local carpet fitters don't get a mention).

Nor do electricians, locksmiths, roofers etc etc etc.

It's an example, not an exhaustive list

Wee_Willy_Harris

Careful_with_that_Axe wrote: »

From what I've read it is something that has been "suggested" rather than a "will be implemented". Is that correct?

There is to be a pilot. If that works, other providers will be able to implement it.

Careful_with_that_Axe

The I'll save my energy and get worked up about something else. Thanks

Wee_Willy_Harris

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Nor do electricians, locksmiths, roofers etc etc etc.

It's an example, not an exhaustive list

Fair comment, but electricians are at least implied......

"Like any other landlord, local authorities need to be able to ensure that maintenance work on their properties continues to be done safely and to a high standard. So landlords need to be able to ensure work affecting gas, electric and fire safety is done properly.

SingleSue

The_White_Horse wrote: »

if these scum bags want to redecorate, i suggest they get a job and buy what they need. alternatively, they can save there generous benefits instead of drinking and smoking.

this country makes me want to vomit.

the working people live in tatty dumps as they pay more and more tax to pay for the benefit brigade to live like kings.

they should have the choice of "live where we put you" or "fu*k off". the council should maintain it to the lowest level possible that is fit for human habitation ie no damp or mould etc. but that is it. you want luxury, paint, carpet, PAY FOR IT you money grabbing scum filth.

Erm, we have to pay for our own decoration, paints and carpets......and do it ourselves.

Wee_Willy_Harris

SingleSue wrote: »

Erm, we have to pay for our own decoration, paints and carpets......and do it ourselves.

Wasting your breath, Sue. They all know you get the finest of hand woven carpets and hand made silk wallpaper provided by the council every single year. These are fitted/hung by italian artisans using glues made from the pubic hare of the all but extinct Gumba Gumba bird which, pound for pound, costs more than plutonium. These artisans, costing over £1000 a day, can spend 3 months hanging just one strip of wallpaper, so exacting is their trade. And, of course, you get a million pounds in compensation for every hour you have to be out of the property while they work. All this for a rent of 4p a year. And you get to trouser the housing benefit payments!

They know it's true because it was in the Mail!

sjaypink

Regards painters, exterior works are classed as maintenance, not redecoration

vivatifosi

I'm really wary about this, mostly because the fact someone is a builder, doesn't make them a good builder. I speak as someone who has spent the last 5 years putting a house right that had been "improved" by "professional" builders. Works have included putting the damp proofing for the porch in the right place, redoing the sidings which were wrong, putting on a new back door when an internal one had been used, rehanging internal doors that weren't perpendicular, getting rid of artex on interior walls where they weren't skilled enough to replaster over a hole...

I'm just wary of the degree of supervision that will be required. Pleased to see there will be a pilot though, hopefully I'll be proved wrong. I'm not anti-builder either, many in my family are builders, but everyone knows where the council houses/social housing are and scammers will go door to door.