Armed forces - Moving SFA

portland44

Hi

I am about to move out of my quarter. I have heard that if you have lived in a service house over 3 years then you can get your issued curtains and carpets cleaned at public expense. If this is the case can anybody point me in the right direction as to where this is written down. ie which JSP and para.

Your help would be great appreciated

Fergie76

JSP464

0714. [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Replacement and cleaning at public expense.

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a. [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Carpets. [/FONT][/FONT]Carpets will normally be cleaned every 3 years for lounge/dining rooms and hall/stairs and every 5 years for bedrooms. Should the need arise to clean the carpets before the agreed date, the cost must be borne by the licensee. Similarly, should the carpet need replacing before its scheduled expiry date (normally 10 years) the cost appropriate to the age of the carpet will also be born by the licensee.

b. [FONT=Arial,Arial][FONT=Arial,Arial]Curtains. [/FONT][/FONT]Curtains are replaced when they are deemed to be unserviceable, with a minimum allotted time scale of 8 years. Curtains will be cleaned at public expense on change of occupant or at 3 yearly intervals.

portland44

thanks Fergie

peteuk

Please don't forget that UK PLC, Defense and more over DIO! are skint..... although the rules above are great, I believe that you may be told to wash them yourself prior to march out.

For instance if a carpet is due to be replaced ie time ex but is in good order it wont be replaced.

It will be interesting to see the outcome! Especially as my posting has just been put to 5 years!

portland44

For Sgts and above they have all changed to 5 years.

Fergie76

portland44 wrote: »

For Sgts and above they have all changed to 5 years.

Where's that laid down?

martinbuckley

peteuk wrote: »

Please don't forget that UK PLC, Defense and more over DIO! are skint..... although the rules above are great, I believe that you may be told to wash them yourself prior to march out.

This is correct. I moved out of my MQ, having lived there for almost 6 years. I questioned about the entitlement to have the carpets cleaned at public expense, as per the JSP and was told that I should have asked at the 5 year point, and that my options were to pay myself and hand the MQ over, or put in a request to have them cleaned, continue paying rent and council tax on an empty MQ - they reckoned it would be at least 3 months before they were cleaned by a contractor.

End result - I paid a company £20 a room to do it and got shut of the MQ the following week.

martinbuckley

Fergie76 wrote: »

Where's that laid down?

Different ranks and trades in the RAF have different career review dates - not everyone is in the Army!

Fergie76

martinbuckley wrote: »

Different ranks and trades in the RAF have different career review dates - not everyone is in the Army!

I am aware of that, as I am in neither. However, JSP 464 does not mention this.

And what does a career review date have to do with when someone is entitled to have their carpets and curtains cleaned at Pussers' expense?

martinbuckley

I thought you were questioning the guy who had just had his posting extended to 5 years!