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Topic: Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update
Posted by: Vanessa Smith
Date/Time: 13/09/19 13:58:00

It can hardly be credited that this sorry saga is still going on - but it is. My elderly neighbour approached by Hounslow about downsizing almost two whole years ago - still languishes in her 3 bed house awaiting works to the nearby sheltered unit to be completed /signed off - which I was told last week would be 'imminent'.

Meanwhile the empty property that was being used as a 'site office' still sits empty with an overgrown garden. On the 18 July the 'Director of Residents Services ' e-mailed me to say that scaffolding would be erected around the property as it was going to be the first one of ongoing works around here to externally insulate the council owned houses. This would take place before the end of that month - July. As of today there isn't one scaffold pole anywhere on this estate - never mind around that property. The house that stood empty for a year because it had a stairlift in it from the previous tenant   - finally is being used as a temporary dwelling for someone. Another empty property  - after being left for about two months until Easter suddenly had a bout of ongoing activity with various comings and goings of workmen. This house was supposed to have extensive works before letting, but I understand that is still not the case and it still isn't in a reasonable state.

I have run out of descriptive words - incompetent, pathetic, inefficient, waste of space don't even cover this scandalous situation. There have been a couple of notable exceptions of good, caring and professional housing officers who unfortunately don't seem to be able to find a way through the thick fog of excuses for why things are not going to plan. There is even a large compound set up with various parts of plant in order to carry out the insulation works - that has stood empty for a couple of months - so it's anybody's guess how long elected councillors will tolerate this total shambles. Even the Supreme Leader doesn't seem willing or able to bring this misery to a satisfactory conclusion - I'd say it was a joke, but of course it's far from funny if you are one of those families waiting for a home.  


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
And still it goes on...........20/01/19 12:38:00 Vanessa Smith
   Re:And still it goes on...........20/01/19 20:42:00 Robin Dickers
      Re:Re:And still it goes on...........20/01/19 22:21:00 Anne England
         Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........21/01/19 09:59:00 Vanessa Smith
         Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........21/01/19 16:57:00 Robin Dickers
            Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........23/01/19 13:02:00 Vanessa Smith
               Re:And still it goes on...........23/01/19 13:28:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:And still it goes on...........23/01/19 14:26:00 Vanessa Smith
                     Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 10:13:00 Vanessa Smith
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 11:01:00 Paul Fisher
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 16:00:00 Vanessa Smith
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 11:03:00 Robin Dickers
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 11:03:00 Philippa Auton
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 17:30:00 Vanessa Smith
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........12/02/19 23:17:00 Philippa Bond
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........13/02/19 14:46:00 Vanessa Smith
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........13/02/19 16:28:00 Philippa Bond
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........13/02/19 16:29:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........18/02/19 11:28:00 Vanessa Smith
                                          Re:And still it goes on...........18/02/19 13:35:00 Philippa Bond
                                             Re:Re:And still it goes on...........18/02/19 13:44:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........18/02/19 15:28:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........18/02/19 15:32:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........20/02/19 09:47:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........20/02/19 22:04:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........21/02/19 19:31:00 Philippa Bond
                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 10:19:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 10:47:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 12:40:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                     Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 15:46:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                        Re:Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 15:53:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                           Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........22/02/19 17:28:00 Claire Clarke
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........25/02/19 09:55:00 Phil Andrews
                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:And still it goes on...........25/02/19 18:06:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                           Re: If Councils can charge more Council Tax for properties that are unoccupied22/02/19 18:43:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                              Re:Re: If Councils can charge more Council Tax for properties that are unoccupied25/02/19 13:36:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                 Re:Re:Re: If Councils can charge more Council Tax for properties that are unoccupied25/02/19 14:23:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                    Re:Re:Re:Re: If Councils can charge more Council Tax for properties that are unoccupied25/02/19 14:42:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re: If Councils can charge more Council Tax for properties that are unoccupied25/02/19 15:03:00 Phil Andrews
                                                                                          It just gets better and better25/02/19 15:28:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                             Re:It just gets better and better25/02/19 15:38:00 Phil Andrews
                                                                                                Re:Re:It just gets better and better25/02/19 17:37:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                   Re:Re:Re:It just gets better and better27/02/19 17:13:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing28/02/19 17:07:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing01/03/19 13:10:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                            Re. Downsizing02/03/19 17:48:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                                                               Re:Re. Downsizing02/03/19 18:23:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                                                                  Re:Re:Re. Downsizing03/03/19 12:55:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing05/03/19 11:16:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing05/03/19 11:36:00 Phil Andrews
                                                                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing07/03/19 10:16:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing13/03/19 10:33:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing13/03/19 11:15:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing20/03/19 10:16:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing28/03/19 11:50:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing28/03/19 12:54:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing28/03/19 14:13:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing05/04/19 11:22:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                                Re. Downsizing07/04/19 19:07:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                                                                                                   Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 08:18:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                                      Re:Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 09:46:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 09:55:00 Phil Andrews
                                                                                                                                                            Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 17:57:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                                                                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 18:35:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing08/04/19 19:02:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                                     FOI response09/04/19 13:59:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing12/04/19 12:35:00 Paul Fisher
                                                                                                                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re. Downsizing12/04/19 12:51:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                      Re:  Downsizing12/04/19 17:43:00 Philippa Bond
                                                                                                                                                         Re:Re:  Downsizing13/04/19 08:30:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                            Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update13/09/19 13:58:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                               Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update17/01/20 10:47:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update20/01/20 18:50:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                                                                                                                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update21/01/20 11:16:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update23/01/20 17:53:00 Jennifer Selig
                                                                                                                                                                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update31/01/20 10:15:00 Vanessa Smith
                                                                                                                                                                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:  Downsizing and other matters update31/01/20 10:42:00 Vanessa Smith

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