How long does it take to put up a fence?

pulliptears

LisaB85 wrote: »

Clearly you can't read!

Would the HA check their finances? there was a company who the council used in Norwich who went under a year or so ago but the council were using them until the day they went under so yes they would use a company with difficulties.

Yes he concretes them and they take time to settle but while the first is settling put the next in and so on. They were told 2-3 days and yes it does bloody matter if he is slacking when he is being paid to do work.

Would you be so lenient if you were an employer and your members of staff were taking dozens of fag breaks and taking extra time to do jobs?

Clearly your edit of your previous post at 8.28, 4 minutes after I'd asked you again about a timescale has no bearing on my ability to read........

A HA will send out to tender and give the job to the cheapest contractor. They wont go about investigating finances, but they dont really need to as they wont pay the contractor until the job is finished.

As I said before, which you clearly can't read, it matters not a jot how much he's slacking - he gets paid the same amount.

When you pay his wages you have cause for complaint, as it is, you aren't and you dont.

LisaB85

pulliptears wrote: »

Clearly your edit of your previous post at 8.28, 4 minutes after I'd asked you again about a timescale has no bearing on my ability to read........

A HA will send out to tender and give the job to the cheapest contractor. They wont go about investigating finances, but they dont really need to as they wont pay the contractor until the job is finished.

As I said before, which you clearly can't read, it matters not a jot how much he's slacking - he gets paid the same amount.

When you pay his wages you have cause for complaint, as it is, you aren't and you dont.

Indeed I edited the post so you could see properly, if you look at where NCISROCKS quoted me at 7.27pm you will see the info was there already.

I have every right to complain when he is over running on a job causing disruption and I think his employers deserve to know what he is like.

KxMx

Wow, I have never known a HA to replace a tenant's fencing. Have lived in HA and Council places and always told it is our responsibility. We did a house swap, agreed to take the house as is, when we moved in the previous occupiers had ripped out the front fence and gate (council installed).
Asked the council, yep you guessed, tenant's repsonsibility.

Even a repair of a back gate (opening onto public footpath) they incorrectly installed we paid for to be fixed, since we waited 2 years and then were told another 2-3. By that point we couldn't jam it shut anymore and paid ourselves. Stupid really as all that needed doing was to adjust the bolt/nook so they actually met, handyman only charged a tenner.

I have issues with some council contractors, so I understand your frustration, but I think you were very lucky not to have to pay outright for it yourself.

rustyboy21

I appreciate the inconvenience that the work is taking, but it is up to the HA to investigate any slacking, not for you to complain about it.

The Contractor has a contract with the HA to do the work at a set price, so unfortunately you dont figure in their dealings.

I have a HA house behind where I live, made into 6 flats. It has been burnt out twice by horrible tenants ( I rang the fire brigade on both occasions), been left for 12 months empty, with Flooding from burst pipes in the winter and the fire alarm going off in the meantime for 48 hours non stop. When I rang the HA to inform them, they said what has it got to do with me? If it wasnt at the end of the garden I would have let it burn to the ground, to stop any more trouble, maybe add a bit more petrol to it to help it along.

Just put it down to experience, you are going to get nowhere complaining about it. They all get done by the contractors anyway, so adding a couple of extra days to the job is par for the course for them.

Hopefully it gets sorted soon. More than likely they would moan about you having rabbits, rather than how long the fence is taking to put up.

LisaB85

KxMx wrote: »

Wow, I have never known a HA to replace a tenant's fencing. Have lived in HA and Council places and always told it is our responsibility. We did a house swap, agreed to take the house as is, when we moved in the previous occupiers had ripped out the front fence and gate (council installed).
Asked the council, yep you guessed, tenant's repsonsibility.

Even a repair of a back gate (opening onto public footpath) they incorrectly installed we paid for to be fixed, since we waited 2 years and then were told another 2-3. By that point we couldn't jam it shut anymore and paid ourselves. Stupid really as all that needed doing was to adjust the bolt/nook so they actually met, handyman only charged a tenner.

I have issues with some council contractors, so I understand your frustration, but I think you were very lucky not to have to pay outright for it yourself.

That sounds bad, I have live in both private rented and military, and if anything went wrong it was down to them as it was their responsibility.

My Nan is council and they have just updated her bathroom (first time in about 30 years) and take care of all maint but she pays for window cleaners, decorates, does the garden.

This house was taken over when the new HA brought the old one out, they were disgusted at the amount of work needed doing so maybe it is a part of updating all properties, the previous fence was warped and rotten so I guess it is in their interests to replace with a fence that will last longer.

Although I'm not sure how much work is being done due to intervention from enviro health. Upstairs there is mold everywhere due to inadequate heating etc my mum has Lupus an illness which means she has a compromised immune system when she gets a cough it she ends up in hospital pneumonia and the damp couldn't be helping so I called Enviro health and he went through everything not just the damp but he says it should have all been done by now.

They have fitted new fascia boards as old ones were rotten and needed replacing, new central heating, fan in the bathroom as there never was one, new porch as old was wooden and rotten.

Think he wants windows replacing as only 1 bedroom has a window you could get out of if there was a fire, and not sure what else but he picked up on everything.

KxMx

Bathrooms and the like come under indoor work which is council/HA responsibility, anything outdoors you're very lucky if they do it and you don't have to pay yourself. If there are funds in the pot for outdoor work you can get it done, but again very rare even then for a fence to be repaired/ replaced.

LisaB85

KxMx wrote: »

Bathrooms and the like come under indoor work which is council/HA responsibility, anything outdoors you're very lucky if they do it and you don't have to pay yourself. If there are funds in the pot for outdoor work you can get it done, but again very rare even then for a fence to be repaired/ replaced.

I didn't know that, but I bet if you wanted to pay to put a higher fence, lower fence or a pond in they wouldn't be happy.

Proc

I wish somebody would come and fix my fencing free of charge. I'd moan non-stop on a forum about their work rate.

TheSaint_2

I did my fence with my father in law. I dug out 6 concrete posts and put in 6 new ones with 7 panels in under 1 day.

When i fitted a new half height fence in my front garden I did it in about half a day on my own...

cavework

Do you like your new fence?
Leave the poor bloke alone, for all you know he may be the boss of a small company sub contracting to the Building Contractors and he will be on a fixed payment. It is called the schedule of rates.
You would soon moan if he rushed the job and it was sub standard.