Islington Leaseholders AssociationOn
Wednesday 8th June 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: TBA
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
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On
Wednesday 11th May 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: TBA
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please leave amessage here.
You can join the ILA, or renew your membership here
On
Wednesday 13th April 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: TBA
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please leave amessage here.
You can join the ILA, or renew your membership here
This is an extremely important meeting for all leaseholders.
Dr Potter would like as many leaseholders as possible to attend this meeting, and question the need and validity of the outrageously high charges the council expects us to pay for exceedingly poor quality work to our homes.
The next Housing Scrutiny Committee will take place on
Date: Monday 29 February 2016
Venue: Committee Room 1 at Islington Town Hall, Upper Street, N1 2UD
Time: 7.30pm
To view the publicly available agenda information, which has just been published, please click on the link: Agenda details
The following items are included in the agenda:
No. Item
Formal Matters
A1 Apologies for Absence
A2 Declaration of Substitute Members
A3 Declarations of Interests
A4 Minutes of Previous meeting
A5 Chair’s Report
A6 Order of Business
A7 Public Questions
Scrutiny Items
B1Responsive Repairs: Witness Evidence
B2 RSL Scrutiny
B3 Capital Programming: Final Report
Urgent Non Exempt Matters
Exclusion of Public and Press
B4 Exempt Reports ( if any )
Please attend the Scrutiny meeting on the 29th of this month, and ask them to explain their position regarding your roofing guarantee’s…REMEMBER…IF THE GUARANTEE LIES WITH THE CONTRACTORS/SUPPLIERS AND THEY GO BROKE/CLOSE DOWN/GO BANKRUPT…ETC…AND THERE IS NO INSURANCE BACKING…BANG GOES YOUR GUARNTEE’S
AND YOU WILL BE CHARGED AGAIN FOR ANY FUTURE REPAIRS, OR REPLACEMENT, TO YOUR ROOFING…!!!
On
Wednesday 9th March 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: TBA
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please leave a message here.
If you wish to join or renew your membership here
Islington Leaseholders Association Meeting
On
Wednesday 10th February 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: TBA
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please leave a message here.
If you wish to join or renew your membership here
Partner’s answers to questions raised by Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA) and Leaseholders at the ILA leaseholders meeting held on Wed 13 Jan 2016.
Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA) has asked me to forward this attachment onto you all from Partners regarding the questions Dr Potter and leaseholders raised at the ILA meeting on Wednesday 13 January 2016 and Partners answers. Please click on the attachment.
Please view below the questions raised by Dr Potter to Partners at the meeting
· When does rolling 5 years Cap run from end of works, end of snagging or making good repairing problems created?
· If the Cap is set when costs were incurred does that mean from when the first cost or last cost in a particular set of major works was incurred?
· Can you confirm that partners no longer make good any damage – created by poor major works? E.g. damp, blown plaster, ruined decorations?
· Can partners conform when the” making good” policy changed, as Partner used to tell Lease holders that they would repair all the damage that arose as a consequence of Partner Major works?
· What guarantee are partner giving these days on the major works they do on Roofs, Windows, damp works. Decorating before partners can rebill Leaseholder for repairing the faults?
· Partners have previously said that they’ll fix problems while they hold the street properties contract & that their roofs should last 30 years?
· Does that mean e.g. that if the 16 year PFI2 contract is terminated in 2022 that any roofs being repaired now are only in effect guaranteed for 8 years?
· Why do Partners never give us a copy of invoices of their expenditure despite it being the law and despite repeated asking?
· Why do Partners repeatedly hand out new bills for repairs to major works that have been badly done in the recent past?
Regards…
Dr Potter
Islington Leaseholders Association Meeting
On
Wednesday 13th January 2016
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speakers: The following Partners Islington representatives will be attending the ILA meeting
Shaun Holdcroft, Director of Resident Services, Hyde HA
Steve Blake, Director, Rydon Maintenance
Clifford Yeend, Divisional Manager, Rydon Maintenance
Tom Irvine, Service Improvement & Engagement Manager, Partners
Michelle O’Toole, Communications & Complaints Manager, Partners
We will attend the meeting between 7pm and 8pm, and will give a short verbal presentation on the services we provide to our leaseholders and areas we are currently working on. Following this, we will be pleased to take questions from the group.
Website www.ila.org.uk
Twitter @ilaorguk
Face Book www.facebook.com/IslingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please leave a message here.
If you wish to join or renew your membership here
Reposted from Islington Tribune
LETTERS: Crowdfunding bid to challenge hidden housing repair costs
Published: 27 November, 2015
• IT’S great to see the Tribune has started to report on Islington’s housing problems once again.
What was not reported in this article was that during the scrutiny committee meeting I asked Partners representatives how many surveyors it employed to service the properties it manages on behalf of the council; its answer was approximately 12. Since Islington Council employs another 60 surveyors to service the rest of its housing stock the total number of surveyors paid for by residents is more than 70, and according to the council, the majority of its surveyors are not even Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors qualified.
Since leaseholders’ bills for cyclic work show that all contracts are inclusive of 11 per cent for “professional fees” to the council, surely we are entitled to expect that the council employs only fullyRICS-qualified staff?
If the council is using potentially unqualified staff (not chartered surveyors) to assess the condition of our homes, how do we know that the costs and quality of the work, for which we are grossly overcharged, actually represents true “value for money”?
The answer is simple. We need to be able to freely inspect the schedule of rates appertaining to the contracts which have been agreed between the council and its contractors. Since we pay the bill we should be able to see just what the council signs us up to.
Curiously, the council not only refuses to allow us to view this document, but has recently attended a court hearing in order to make certain it can reserve the right to restrict legislative compliance to a degree which suits its purpose – basically, to stop residents seeing the cost of their repairs.
In order to challenge this position those concerned need to be able to pursue their case without fear of financial pressures.
Therefore, we are currently examining the possibility of following a course of crowdfunding to finance a challenge. If you are prepared to assist financially please email us on Islington.Leaseholders@hotmail.co.uk.
Remember, if the council does not have to show how your money is spent, it’s you who will have to pay the hidden costs.
DR BS POTTER
Chairman, Islington Leaseholders Association
Islington Leaseholders Association Meeting
On
Wednesday 9th December 2015
In
Islington Town Hall
At
7pm – 9pm
Hosting the meeting: Dr Brian Potter Chairman (ILA)
Guest Speaker: To be advised
Twitter @ilaorguk
facebook.com/islingtonLeaseholdersAssociation
Volunteers wanted
The ILA are looking for a ‘secretary’ to take minutes and distribute them regularly to all the directors and asks for a volunteer to undertake this essential part of the work, to assist with the smooth running of the organisation. If you are interested please contact us.
If you wish to join or renew your membership please obtain the appropriate membership forms here.