Status
This page is updated periodically to provide a summary of completed projects ongoing improvements.
For information regarding priorities, timescales and costings, please contact Searsleigh either by writing to the Registered Office,
telephoning, or sending an e-mail. If you have any comments about the quality of work from a sub-contractor, please let us know.
- Repair of fence at 37-53
- Improvements to gardens flower beds i.e. membrane and bark
- Pointing of damp-course brick-line
- Replacement of garden / bin store gates
- Repair / replacement of wooden fence panels
- Repair of fence for 37-53 front garden area
- Composter extension in main garden
- Removal of broken washing line / wirly stands
- Installment of 2 extra wirlys
- Employment of property management company
- Employment of CCTV maintanence company
2012 (Searsleigh)
2011 (Searsleigh)
- Replacement of communal windows and cladding
- Installation of smoke alarms to all blocks
- Installation of timer light switches to all
blocks
- Installation of security lighting to exterior entrances and bin-stores
(Additional Work)
- Painting of internal communal hallways and stairwells
2010 (Searsleigh)
- Internal trunking for CCTV cables of 2-18 and 37-53
- Installation of exterior CCTV cameras to all blocks
- Repair and painting of main porch doors
- Repair and painting of resident's existing timber frame windows
- Carpeting of stairwells to all blocks
2009 (Searsleigh)
- Bin store fence repairs / hard standings / paths
- Garden perimeter fence painting
- Installation of digital television to all blocks
- Replacement UPVC soffits and fascias to all blocks
- Organisation of replacement UPVC windows to nine properties
2008 (Searsleigh)
- Mulch applied to shrubbery beds
- Replacement stairwell flooring 1-11
- Communal Entrances repainted 1-11, 13-23, 37-53 (last painted 2005)
- Oak tree to be reduced by 25%
- Stairwell redecoration 2-18, 25-35, 37-53
- Replace broken Rotary Driers
- Replacement door furniture 2-18, 25-35, 37-53
- Stairwell floors deep-cleaned 25-35
- Pathways and brickwork jet-washed
- Low-energy long-life bulbs to all stairwells
- Waste bins jet-washed monthly
- Shrubbery bed created in largest rear garden
- Continued window refurbishment and redecoration
2007 (Searsleigh)
- Stairwell redecoration 1-11, 13-23
- Replacement door furniture 1-11. 13-23
- Stairwell floors deep-cleaned 1-11, 13-23
- Blocked drains cleared
- Windows cleaned with the new long-reach system
- Waste bins jet-washed
- Guttering leaks repaired
- Pathways and brickwork jet-washed
- Fire-Door signs fitted to all fire doors
- Fire Exit signs erected at all fire exits
- Windows refurbished
- Windows redecorated
- Replacement stairwell lighting completed to all stairwells
2006 (Searsleigh)
- Blocked drains cleared
- Windows cleaned with the new long-reach system
- Sycamore tree felled to provide more light and allow even growth of the adjacent Oak
- Service Charge arrears reduced by 85%
- Building Insurance deficit reduced by 50%
- Landscaping completed with the addition of climbing plants and rock-roses
- New stairwell lighting (1-11, 13-23)
- All fencing creosoted
- Full Buildings-Insurance Policy wording distributed to all Leaseholders
- Fly-tipping regularly cleared
- Insurance Premium arrears agreed with landlord's agent
- Trees lopped to prevent damage to buildings in high winds
- Faulty door closers renewed
- Tripping hazards in lawn filled with soil and re-seeded
- Replacement fencing alongside 37-53 entrance
- Garden steps installed to rear of 13-23
- Digital mastheads fitted to television aerials 2-18, 25-35
- Communal locks replaced with high-quality locks (key-coded to rear entrances)
- Statements-of-Account issued to all Leaseholders
- Service-Charge accounts reviewed and confirmed
- Hawthorn bushes removed and replaced with new hedging
2005 (Searsleigh)
- Guttering cleared, re-sealed, re-affixed to walls, and repaired
- Communal pathways jet-washed
- Residential accounts verified against banking documents
- Accounting and documentation archives prepared
- Communal entrance doors repainted
- Porch fascias renewed
- Damaged stair treads replaced
- Some stairwell lighting replaced
- Door closers renewed
- Ineffective external lighting removed
- Bolts to bin stores replaced
- Shrubbery planted in all gardens
- Website created
- Bases around trees
- Edging to lawns
- Road signs repainted
- Intrusive plants and rubble removed
- Missing/broken floor tiles replaced
- Digital masts fitted to television aerials 1-11, 13-23, 37-53
- Bin stores painted
- Damaged fencing repaired and new fencing erected
- Fencing creosoted
- Concrete base to bin store
- Bin ramps widened
- Felt roofing to porch and flat roof
- Structures removed from communal porches
- Limescale stains removed from brickwork
- Drains unblocked
- Service Charge arrears reduced
2004 (Homes and Watson Partnership)
- Entry-phone systems installed
- Under-stairs cupboards cleared and secured
- Leaking overflows arrested
- New rotary driers
- Replacement door closers
2003 (Property Management Services Ltd.)
- Garden security improved
- Communal entrance doors and frames replaced
- Overflow pipes replaced
- Fencing replaced
- Bin-store gates replaced
- Additional euro-style bins purchased
- Posts erected in garages to prevent abandoned cars
- Wasps nests removed
