foster carer prog - Council meetings - Lewisham Council

Appendices
49. In the past I have repeatedly asked for a barrier to be attached at
the parking entrance. this would stop illegal parking, also it would help
residents to keep parking spaces for themselves. All that is needed is
one upright post to solve the problem.
50. Have had a major works scheme 2005-2207 - no consultation. No
visible work, £10,000 spent in ‘drainage’ and the drains over drained.
Lewisham Homes all glossy magazines and no action for leaseholders
like me. Paid £7,000 for that. estimate was £4,500, never explained
why over run. 2008 - present: 2nd project on decorations has already
started and I still have not received official notification of cost which is
estimated to be £5,500. For what? A lick of paint it seems! I’m pretty
certain I’ve just wasted my time filling out this form as all I ever hear
from Lewisham is hot air. Will never have Lewisham Homes as my
landlord again.
51. Satisfaction - none.
52. My section of the building has been omitted in recent major
external redecoration, although I have reported it twice. It took 8
emails from me to get the communal security lighting in Crandley
Court repaired between January and March 2009. These lights were on
24/7 and I originally reported the fault in 2006 and again in April
2008. I have also had to request autumn leaves to be cleared and long
grass to be cut. It should not be my responsibility to get these routine
jobs done.
53. I am very unhappy to be charged every year for repairs to guttering
and downpipes, when everything was recently (5 years ago) renewed
and replaced.
54. the estate has been allowed to run down and is in general disrepair.
My stairwell looks like a slum. Has not been properly cleaned in years. I
am ashamed to invite people to my home. I think this is a lot of money
to pay for virtually no real service.
55. Cleaning not up to standard, especially internal i.e. stairs, walls,
edges and ledges etc.
56. My roof has been damaged in the past. they are supposed to do
the repair but the job was not done properly. It still leaks when it rains
at times. The guttering needs cleaning - over two years nothing has
been done. So what am I paying for. All that money I do pay does not
make sense at all.
57. Officers generally approach leaseholders with the pre-supposition
that we are hostile and belligerent. Why is this?? Consultation is
lamentable. Follow-through is non-existent. Agreements made with
84 The Council’s obligations to leaseholders