Streetlife

no chance of getting that done. the scheme ended years ago when the council ran out of money.only a lucky few got their homes revamped.
we were supposed to have had, new kitcken cupboards, rewiring, new roof, new front path, walls pebbledashed. never got anything done.

Thanks for letting me know Lesley. The thing that gets my goat is that if the Council was a contractor doing the work for me, I could take them to court for breach of contract. Yet as they are my landlord I can do nothing. I feel robbed, perhaps it's because I pay full rent and council tax that they think I can afford to buy my own!

early on this year my lichen was done we don`t know if this was done under shape up for homes the wet room was done by another dept

sorry abouut the spelling that should be kichen up to early this morning

A sore point and sticky one with LBBD.
They are still being done but only when money is available.
The department dealing with this is called 'Capital Works'
They will not give anyone a firm date on any works as funds are so tight

Could the council not use the interest earned on rent collections to fund it quicker? Even if it's only two extra a year it's something.

No doubt theres a clause somewhere that prevents them from doing this...

I was promise in march to be rewired within 2weeks of the man coming a doing the plan.one person on the estate has had a new kitchen fitted this year I was promised a new kitchen about four years ago still waiting

Check in the free paper in the community section.

See who your tenant liaison officer is and see if they can she some light on the matter

I had my plans drawn up 6 years ago and am still waiting. I even picked out the blue kitchen with light wooden worktops. I guess I'll never get one now, and will most probably be in a care home before my address comes up lol

Dawn think you can put money on the money has lined pockets rather than upgrade to residents homes.

The company that are putting in new kitchens,bathrooms and rewiring are called United House, they have just finished a few houses in my Road.
Last year I asked if I could have a new bath,ours is about 80yrs old, long story short, was no but I could buy one at B&Q. So we did the bathroom up cost a few hundred pounds, a month later got a letter saying united house were going to come and totally give the bathroom a makeover, what I don't understand is why did'nt the surveyor know about this impending work, we would have left it for them to do, left hand does not know what the right hand is doing comes to mind...

Linda that must have been so frustrating.
We have been told that we need a permit from the council to remove tiles from the bathroom or kitchen and then another permit to put replacement tiles up.
How crazy is that

I was furious actually, especially as I called the surveyor out again, as the first time he just turned up without prior notice, and my son was in on his own, and I wanted to also speak to him about the big gap in the floorboards under the bath that mice were getting in, he said, the council workmen could not fix it as the bath would have to be taken out !!  He said to get some wire wool and stuff it in the gap, I know where I wanted it stuffed! What a great job he has going round telling  us how to fix the council houses up for them. Why do you need a permit to replace some tiles?  We did not replace the bath as it is beyond us to do, but I did enquire and we were told we needed a permit too.I think it goes on file that you have done the repairs.

Even after you do all these alterations off your own back, after a year it goes back to the council and if you move, they get the benefit of it, not you.

Yes Dawn and if after putting in anything like a new bath or kitchen if you did call the council out they say as you put it in you will always be responsible for it.
My neighbour is nearly 80yrs old, and bits of mortar fell off the top of the chimney into her guttering when she phoned about it they tried to tell her that they were not responsible for the roof, in the end they sent three men round who then said there is no problem and its quite safe, they could tell that by looking at it from the garden. Are'nt they clever.