Home improvement - 2009/10 prgramme

Last modified 21/10/09 at 10:45

This year, more than 1100 Roddons Homes will be improved to ensure all homes meet the Government’s Decent Homes standard by December 2010.

Works planned for this year include improving kitchens and bathrooms, electrical upgrades, heating and boiler replacements, roof, door and window replacements. Roddons Asset Management team is also looking at providing off road parking and new fencing and energy efficiency measures. Our programme will cover the four Fenland towns of Chatteris, March, Whittlesey, Wisbech and include the surrounding villages. We will soon be writing to residents whose homes will be improved this year. If you do not receive a letter by the end of July, this is because we believe that your home already meets the Decent Homes Standard. If you think your home fails the standard list (see below) then please use the online enquiry form explaining your reasons and where necessary we will survey your home.

Don’t forget Decent Homes doesn’t stop in December. Our big target was to clear the backlog of improvements and deliver the promises made on transfer. We will continue to survey your homes and future programmes of refurbishment work will continue.

THE DECENT HOMES STANDARD

By the end of 2010, under government regulations, all social housing must meet certain minimum criteria. We are on target to meet the standards by the deadline.

A home must:

Be in reasonable state of repair
have efficient heating and effective insulation
meet legal minimum standards, judged using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)
Have reasonably modern facilities and services, that is, it has three or more of the following: