Grass too long, nobody taking responsibility

DrPips

booksurr wrote: »

so apart from ranting on here what do you expect to achieve given you refuse to do it yourself yet it troubles you so much

in the olden days there was such a thing as community pride where people would not look to others to solve their own problems

the council don't cut the grass on the turning circle at the bottom of our road, we do it ourselves between the 6 houses on that circle

I'm sure I remember a time when one could ask a question on here and get some helpful advice with a problem. I don't know who's !!!!ed on your chips, but it certainly wasn't me. As my mother used to say, if you haven't got anything useful to say don't bother.

For those of you who were being helpful, when I phone them I get a receptionist who then puts me through the after sales team. However it just goes through to the answer machine and they don't return calls.

Obviously if it was a grass verge, or heaven forbid, a TURNING CIRCLE!!! I would do it myself, but it's much bigger than that. Probably twice the width of a normal street and 50 houses and each side long. At a guess I'd say 30m by 300metres maybe? Certainly not something my little flymo would cope with. Anyhow, it's much too long to cut now, it'd need a strimmer and I don't have one. Most of the gardens round here are small, because we have the big space out front, so I doubt anyone would have a ride on, which is what it needs.

The original post wasn't intended to be a woe is me moan, just after some advice as to who I can take it to if they still don't do it.

[Deleted User]

I agree, its terrible that its an open forum and as such is open to any bloody minded riff raff who can say what they please. Useful or not.

Sounds an ideal place for an Urban Farm. Or an allotment space. Oops, more riff raff.

Perhaps if you stop trying to phone and write to them? Or get a petition going.

I did a 10 second google and found this http://www.resolver.co.uk/companies/persimmon-homes-complaints/contact-details

I guess its a place to start. Try googling "Persimmon grounds maintenance complaints" and quite a few links come up. One might even be useful.

DrPips

deannatrois wrote: »

I agree, its terrible that its an open forum and as such is open to any bloody minded riff raff who can say what they please. Useful or not.

Sounds an ideal place for an Urban Farm. Or an allotment space. Oops, more riff raff.

Perhaps if you stop trying to phone and write to them? Or get a petition going.

I did a 10 second google and found this http://www.resolver.co.uk/companies/persimmon-homes-complaints/contact-details

I guess its a place to start. Try googling "Persimmon grounds maintenance complaints" and quite a few links come up. One might even be useful.

Haha thanks, I wasn't offended by the silly and funny, the farm sounds like a great idea, just no cockerels outside my bedroom window!

Just the people who are presumptive the get on my nerves.

glasgowdan

There are a lot of pointless replies on here by people trying to belittle you for no reason other than self promotion. It's a bit sad.

It's obvious the answer isn't to get the residents to do it themselves...it's the duty of the property management.

So, is there a factor who has taken over management? Are you paying them? Or is the site still under construction and therefore still 100% Persimmons to maintain?

martinsurrey

DrPips wrote: »

The original post wasn't intended to be a woe is me moan, just after some advice as to who I can take it to if they still don't do it.

no one, if the developers own it they can let it grow as long as they like...

moneyistooshorttomention

Have you been to the local paper/s about it? Cue for group of residents standing there in a group near the worst bit of grass looking unhappy for the press photographer...

Or maybe you could take on board some of the "fun" suggestions re goat, etc, and borrow a goat from somewhere for the day and make it a humorous article about "Residents driven to animal power by Persimmon....." and photo of happy-looking goat busily chewing the grass instead.

In all seriousness - I'd now be on the phone finding out where I could borrow a photogenic goat or two from.....and googling for contact details of the local papers.

Don't forget the local Facebook page...

dirty_magic

Are there any other persimmon developments around? Call up and pretend you're interested in buying one, you'll probably get a call back from the sales team then.

glasgowdan

martinsurrey wrote: »

no one, if the developers own it they can let it grow as long as they like...

Wow. Lacking in common sense are we? They're in charge of the land around the houses and they're expected to keep the site neat. It's no doubt part of their contract with the home buyers.

AdrianC

DrPips wrote: »

Obviously if it was a grass verge, or heaven forbid, a TURNING CIRCLE!!! I would do it myself, but it's much bigger than that. Probably twice the width of a normal street and 50 houses and each side long. At a guess I'd say 30m by 300metres maybe? Certainly not something my little flymo would cope with.

Easy enough for even half of the street to get together and do, though.

moneyistooshorttomention

Not sure a flymo would cope with it being 5' high - even if it only had to do a small section of it.

Anyway - the grass-cutting (until such time as the Council adopt it) is the developers responsibility and part of what the home-owners have paid for. Perhaps the residents could offer to do the developers job for them for £15 per hour (which seems to be the going rate for lawn-mowing)?

I still think one quick article with suitable photo in the press and Facebook is the quickest/easiest way to deal with this.