Housing association letting me down!

gettingtheresometime

I think the person who first raised the possibility of you being on the autistic spectrum was only asking people to consider it as a way of explaining your impatience at the delay for repairs & I think no offence was met.

As for being only 25, by that age I'd was married, had a mortgage for 5 yrs & a year old son

gomer

jackoftrade wrote: »

There are a few things I want to clarify. Firstly, I am not on the Autistic Spectrum so I'd apprecatie it if some of you don't make assumptions like that. Secondly, I am only 25 and it is my first time I moved out, so I am still relatively new to all of this, let's turn the tables a bit and put you in my situation when you were around my age. Thirdly, I understand that everything requires a timeframe to fix repairs but there are some that have more of a priority than others. The issue regarding the smoke detector, yes it was a battery replacement but my Agreement states what I am allowed to repair myself and what I can't repair and was advised by the FB at my nearest garage (the smoke detectors are linked to the garage) to not touch the smoke detector so I went on that advice. I mentioned during my meeting that there appears to be a drainage issue for the whole building so they are sending out a contractor to have a look at it sometime next week or the week after.

I think the autistic comments were generated by how hysterical you sounded. The problem is that half of the things you listed are not really big deals anyway. I understand you are inexperienced with social housing but if some of the things you sited as urgent are really that stressful for you, then get ready for a lifetime of having to wait up to 5 days for repairs, then need to stay in all day for contractors who either don't turn up or on arrival don't have the part so have to order it etc etc etc...

My advice? Chill out a bit. You've got much more stress to look forward to in social housing. Wait til the drug dealers move in next to you & it takes nearly a year of endless complaints to get them out.

That's just one of the delights you have to look forward to. I won't even mention the other social housing scenarios you'll be dealing with

Cakeguts

jackoftrade wrote: »

There are a few things I want to clarify. Firstly, I am not on the Autistic Spectrum so I'd apprecatie it if some of you don't make assumptions like that. Secondly, I am only 25 and it is my first time I moved out, so I am still relatively new to all of this, let's turn the tables a bit and put you in my situation when you were around my age. Thirdly, I understand that everything requires a timeframe to fix repairs but there are some that have more of a priority than others. The issue regarding the smoke detector, yes it was a battery replacement but my Agreement states what I am allowed to repair myself and what I can't repair and was advised by the FB at my nearest garage (the smoke detectors are linked to the garage) to not touch the smoke detector so I went on that advice. I mentioned during my meeting that there appears to be a drainage issue for the whole building so they are sending out a contractor to have a look at it sometime next week or the week after.

Your problem is not the housing association. Your problem is unrealistic expectations of what it is like not to live with your parents.



1 The housing association is not your parents. They don't have to do anything to please you or give you something just because you asked for it. They also don't have to work within your time frame or the time frame your parents worked in.


2 In the normal adult world outside that of living with parents things move slowly. You have to have patience. You are not special. The housing association will have repairs to other people's property that is much more urgent than your non issues.



3 Remember you are not special. You don't have any rights for your wishes to be taken any more seriously than anyone else's.



4 Fire alarms are cheap. Buy some and place them somewhere to protect you if there is a fire. If you owned a house you would have to buy your own.



5 Nothing is going to happen to suit your timetable. Your timetable is not important to the housing association.


6 The drainage issue is nothing to do with you so why did you ask the housing association about it?


7 You have the right only to the space between the walls in your property. You do not have any rights over the walls or ceilings anywhere in the building. Those belong to the housing association as does the drainage and nothing about those is anything to do with you so stop complaining to them about it.



8 Anywhere you live that is not your parents house is not going to be up to their standards. If you don't own a house and the garden it is always going to be up to someone else's standards and as an adult you will have to learn to live with that.



9 Stop complaining to the housing association about these issues which are nothing.

Ratkin007

So in between you viewing a property and signing/moving in, all these issues occured. Falling of leaves and cracks in walls. Surely they were visible at time of viewing. As has been said, social housing, things are done at their pace not yours. Usually there is some form of contract in place for gardening, etc, but a lot of times leaves are not removed unless they are on a path. Guess it's good you've met with a manager (no doubt Housing Officer), but bare in mind they will be dealing with numerous properties. If you are that concerned get together with other neighbours and do the garden areas. A lot of times tenants are encouraged to look after gardens or even take over communal areas but when that person moves on the information is not passed to contractors to start doing it again. And now you know, if your smoke detector is beeping, you can change the battery. I did so a number of times in a sheltered scheme, in which the alarms are linked to a fire alarm panel and a control centre. I'm not a specialist and have not been trained. It was just easier and quicker than waiting for contractors.

undetterred

jackoftrade wrote: »

There are a few things I want to clarify. Firstly, I am not on the Autistic Spectrum so I'd apprecatie it if some of you don't make assumptions like that. Secondly, I am only 25 and it is my first time I moved out, so I am still relatively new to all of this, let's turn the tables a bit and put you in my situation when you were around my age. Thirdly, I understand that everything requires a timeframe to fix repairs but there are some that have more of a priority than others. The issue regarding the smoke detector, yes it was a battery replacement but my Agreement states what I am allowed to repair myself and what I can't repair and was advised by the FB at my nearest garage (the smoke detectors are linked to the garage) to not touch the smoke detector so I went on that advice. I mentioned during my meeting that there appears to be a drainage issue for the whole building so they are sending out a contractor to have a look at it sometime next week or the week after.

The 'wrapped in cotton wool' generation...

Davesnave

undetterred wrote: »

The 'wrapped in cotton wool' generation...

We often hear this insult, but those of us who have children know it's as fair as the one that attempts to write off the opinions of older people as the irrelevant rantings of gammon.

The world is more complex than that, but there are those who seem unable to handle complexity; hence slogans like "Get Brexit done" being fed to the masses, ad infinitum.

"Four legs good, two legs bad."

parkrunner

undetterred wrote: »

The 'wrapped in cotton wool' generation...

I have to argue against putting the whole generation in that term. I know several in the young generation and not one is like that. I think that the cotton wool ones will normally have cotton wool parents. The hard working none moaning ones will come from conscientious households.

Skiddaw1

I don't want to make any more unwarranted assumptions (sorry again OP) but as the OP- who as far as we know, is a single young man- has been allocated social housing, it would seem highly implausible that he isn't regarded as vulnerable in some way. In which case, all the issues he has raised may be perfectly understandable in the correct context.


Just saying....