tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post7344828302531264671..comments2024-02-14T12:43:04.624+00:00Comments on Crosswhatfields?: Wanna See My New Kitchen? Unrecognisable!Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-57188359702701885292013-07-10T17:41:13.174+01:002013-07-10T17:41:13.174+01:00Yes, it's now finished. Though the last time ...Yes, it's now finished. Though the last time the central heating was tested it flooded the toilet and hallway, but it's hardly the time of year to be testing it again.<br /><br />The principle feeling is one of immense relief that my home is no longer a free-for-all zone for strangers. I can now shut my door and keep it shut.Marmosethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393430738344326838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-74621114710113229482013-07-10T15:48:24.044+01:002013-07-10T15:48:24.044+01:00Is it finished yet? Maybe you'll be happier wh...Is it finished yet? Maybe you'll be happier when you have a nice new everything? Lets hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-32836254351140240602013-06-27T18:55:30.412+01:002013-06-27T18:55:30.412+01:00Take that up with the person who deleted it. Or s...Take that up with the person who deleted it. Or speak to me and I'll explain in person.Marmosethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393430738344326838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-48751018080716271952013-06-25T15:43:27.454+01:002013-06-25T15:43:27.454+01:00Email Katie.macleod@mitie.com to complain. Nothing...Email Katie.macleod@mitie.com to complain. Nothing will happen of course but you'll feel in control for an afternoon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-88896802606668135072013-06-25T09:38:44.232+01:002013-06-25T09:38:44.232+01:00So criticism isn't allowed on this blog? Inter...So criticism isn't allowed on this blog? Interesting.... <br /><br />Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-3345235172536510762013-06-16T02:59:15.398+01:002013-06-16T02:59:15.398+01:00What still? Only Leaseholders could be jealous of ...What still? Only Leaseholders could be jealous of the 10 figure sums being spent on individual flats here. Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-87299835805592960592013-06-16T02:54:05.035+01:002013-06-16T02:54:05.035+01:00You were censored because you were just too darned...You were censored because you were just too darned censorious yourself. Glad to hear you have finally found empathy.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-9614502534441363852013-06-16T02:46:18.017+01:002013-06-16T02:46:18.017+01:00First of all, Anonymous, this is a blog. Not an of...First of all, Anonymous, this is a blog. Not an official record, but a means to record human feelings and reactions to stuff happening to them that they have no recourse to otherwise. <br /><br />Secondly, this is property owned by a landlord, in this case, Lewisham Homes aka Lewisham Council. There is indeed great advantage for the tenant to have their home refurbished to decent standards, as long as those tenants continue to live here. Those standards are not luxury BTW but whatever is best lo-cost, and any improvements tenants might have made to their homes to make them their own have to go if they choose to upgrade (and many don't even know they have a choice). <br /><br />But mainly, the refurbishment increases the value of the STOCK that the council owns, just as any home owner knows their property is worth more if they've upgraded it. <br /><br />This is STOCK that Lewisham Council plans to sell off to a new version of Lewisham Homes that will operate completely independently of the Council, so that it can borrow more money than it otherwise could to build more homes. Unfortunately this is waste of money, as long as the government can encourage those in their new homes to buy them after five years at a £100K discount.<br /> <br />This is what the government are doing now, two flyers through the door in one week from the Department for Communities and Local Government. BUY YOUR FLAT. Of course the irony is that anyone who can afford to buy their flat at £80K (assuming the additional and full £100K discount) shouldn't be in council housing. The story is much more complex than your response imagines. <br /><br />The blogger above has been living here for over 30 years in a flat that was once hard to let. That was when it was possible to just find a "roof over your head", if you knew where to go. Crossfields served as a roof over the head for some years before it was refurbished 17 years ago. <br /><br />Marmoset has shared his home over this time but now finds himself alone, subjected to Bedroom Tax, having arrived at an age that is pre-pension but beyond employment. So all the improvements made to his flat are not for him, since he will have to MOVE OUT. <br /><br />They are about maintaining the STOCK.<br /><br />DO YOU GET IT?<br /><br />Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-13747010251498595992013-06-15T21:51:06.984+01:002013-06-15T21:51:06.984+01:00Have you ever come home to find that a Mitie emplo...Have you ever come home to find that a Mitie employee found himself in need of an extension lead so instead of getting his own one, takes my one and leaves the fridge freezer, now in the living room, and phone unplugged? Then returns it covered in wet plaster. As I had no access to phone, kitchen, internet, etc. I had to go out to eat. Coming back, I found an official letter on the public balcony outside when it had been in the living room. When I asked what the fuck it was doing outside, it appears that the same twunt had needed my address for a boiler flue test and, instead of returning it to the living room, left it out on the balcony. Had casual racism addressed to me by a workman about his own colleagues. <br /><br />Now, apart from the legality of removing someone else's post from inside their flat, the dumping it outside was a mark of total disrespect for the tenant. Would you let a twunt like that into your flat again?Marmosethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12393430738344326838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-81209226020669087792013-06-15T16:04:32.447+01:002013-06-15T16:04:32.447+01:00I doubt you've really been treated like shit. ...I doubt you've really been treated like shit. Think about all the people who actually don't have anywhere to sleep and would kill for a flat on your wannabe something-that-it-isnt estate. Jesus wept. When decent homes happened on my estate it was messy, dusty, and yes at times full of tension but the end product was surprise surprise a decent home. If you thought yours was of a decent standard then why not refuse the works.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-725433014631542642013-06-15T13:59:12.939+01:002013-06-15T13:59:12.939+01:00Anonymous, you can only be grateful for being a co...Anonymous, you can only be grateful for being a council house tenant when the government is doing its best to abolish social housing. Being in receipt of such a priviledge doesn't mean you can't complain when you're treated like shit.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07914930883748622529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-29143667891407987632013-06-14T22:09:33.461+01:002013-06-14T22:09:33.461+01:00How ungrateful. Seriously. How ungrateful. Seriously. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-72324820036642283702013-06-13T07:20:39.398+01:002013-06-13T07:20:39.398+01:00Haha censored.... I only asked if you were in any ...Haha censored.... I only asked if you were in any way grateful for the work being done.. seems like that's not allowed lol so I guess the answer is a no then .... ? Go on just a smidgeon of positivity to leaven the glum moaning?<br /><br />And don't get me wrong I'll be moaning like a trooper when they do mine...And my sleeps already bugged by nine o'clock hammering. But hey... nice new kitchen yay lol see it's easyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-6067061190657207432013-06-11T18:19:04.128+01:002013-06-11T18:19:04.128+01:00Guess we should all be grateful, but you're ri...Guess we should all be grateful, but you're right about communications. No one told me they'd be doing rewiring and radiators as well. And I'd like to know why they chose to do all the works at once so that your flat is a bombsite for almost a month. Guess all the plumbing is linked so they couldn't do your kitchen one month and your toilet the next etc?<br /><br />At the moment they're working on six flats at once on one side of my block, and the noise is unbearable. I hear some people have refused to have the work done. Didn't know you could do that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-92177286323705548662013-06-10T06:19:46.641+01:002013-06-10T06:19:46.641+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129884466436576116.post-77640103271050553482013-06-10T05:40:46.484+01:002013-06-10T05:40:46.484+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com