Providing Quality Housing
Helping to look after your garden
Helping to Look after your garden
If you have a garden you must look after it, your Landlord must also make sure that it is safe for you.
The Consortium Maintenance Team will help you to make sure that your garden is safe and not becoming over grown.
The Team will make sure that any lawns will be mowed and garden hedges trimmed at least 4 times per year.
The team may also repair damaged fences and sheds if needed.
Unsafe paving or patio slabs will also be repaired.
Trees that are dangerous or annoying neighbours will also be cut back if agreed.
Any things that are unsafe within gardens will be made safe within 1 day of the team being told about it.
What will this gardening cost tenants?
Tenants pay for this gardening as part of their Rent if they have a garden.
Tenants pay a Service Charge as part of their rent for ‘Garden Maintenance’. This charge is £2.16 per week per tenant, between April 2007 and March 2008.
Most tenants pay this charge with the Housing Benefit that they claim for their rent.
The Maintenance Team has a plan for when lawns will be cut and hedges trimmed.
If tenants feel that their garden is becoming over grown or unsafe they can contact the Maintenance Manager and arrange for the team to do the work.
Tenants can also ask the team to do additional work in the garden such as laying patios, creating flower beds and paths.
Tenants will have to pay for this work to be done, if tenants want extra work to be done they should contact the Maintenance Manager who will tell them how much it will cost.
