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Kingfisher Close Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

2nd April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Hayley Sharman - Tenancy Officer, Clive Schwarz - Surveyor, and Darren Soloman - Caretaker

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking:

  • Block 89-103 - Bin room is full - referred to estates services to liaise with Suez.
  • Block 57-71 - Bin room is full - collection day is tomorrow for black and Friday for pink.

Repairs:

  • Block 89-103 - A window is locked - repair to be raised.
  • Block 57-71 - A Down pipe is broken - repair to be raised.
  • A lot of gas meter boxes doors are off their hinges in all blocks - Clive to raise general repair.

Tenancy:

  • Car park - some residents are reporting that people are parking in a certain way in the car park, that could be blocking the way for emergency services - Hayley has taken a photo and will complete a PNC check and send out a letter.
  • Block 89-103 - Boxes/parcels piled outside number 99 - Tenancy have sent a letter out on 9th April.
  • Block 73-87 - Nothing to raise.
  • Block 57-71 - blue door mat and blue box outside a property - Tenancy has sent a letter out on 9th April 2025.
  • Block 57-71 - another blue box outside a property.
  • Block 57-71 - walker frame outside a property - not currently blocking any exit routes.

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

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Lakenham House Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

10th April 2025


Inspection carried out by:

Donna Vincent - Tenancy Officer - Bob Wilson - Surveyor - Tina Cook - Caretaker


Outcome of inspection: 

Caretaking:

  • Communal garden - Broken trampoline - requested bulk team to remove.

Repairs:

  • Nothing to raise

Tenancy:

  • Items being improperly stored in the building- letters sent.

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Laurel Court Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

18th September 2024

Inspection carried out by:

Shelley Biggs – Tenancy Services and Keith Wortley - Surveyor

Outcome of inspection: Good

Caretaking:

Nothing to report at time of inspection.

Repairs:

None to report at time of inspection.

Tenancy:

Bikes and personal items in communal hallway and under stairs.

 

Leighwood Avenue Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

20th November 2024


Inspection carried out by:

Treena Nash – Tenancy Officer and Keith Wortley - Surveyor


Outcome of inspection:


Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

Block 83-93 – rear communal garden – climbing plant up the drainpipe needs cutting and removing.


Repairs:

  • Rear communal garden – garden benches are rotten and require replacing.


Tenancy:

  • Outside properties – dining chair in the front garden & one front door boarded up.
  • Block 71-81 – bin storage area – various items being stored need removing – letters to be sent to tenants.

Lewes Road Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

1st April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Shifrah Walker-Abidoye - Tenancy Officer and Clive Schwarz - Surveyor

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking:

Communal rear Garden is overgrown.

Repairs:

Nothing to report.

Tenancy

items improperly stored - chairs and BBQ, not blocking the communal area - letters sent.

 

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Little Fretches Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

13th November 2024


Inspection carried out by:

Donna Vincent – Tenancy Officer and Keith Wortley - Surveyor


Outcome of inspection:


Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

Nothing to raise.


Repairs:

Nothing to raise.


Tenancy:

Nothing to raise.

Longbow Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

3rd April 2025


Inspection carried out by:

Thomas Hare and Clive Schwarz


Outcome of inspection: Good

Caretaking:

  • Damage to fire door on 12th floor foyer. Passed to Maintenance Team.

Repairs:

  • Nothing to raise

Tenancy:

  • 3 properties had a doormat outside the front door. Letters sent.

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Lornes Close Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

1st April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Shifrah Walker-Abidoye - Tenancy Officer and Clive Schwarz - Surveyor

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking:

Nothing to raise.

Repairs:

Nothing to raise.

Tenancy:

Nothing to raise.

 

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

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Malvern Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

23rd April 2025

 

Inspection carried out by:

Thomas Hare and Dean Howell


Outcome of inspection:


Caretaking:

Litter picking needed, Caretaker was onsite.


Repairs:

None


Tenancy:

None

 

Date of next inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Maple Square Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

15th November 2024

 

Inspection carried out by:

Phoebe Baker – Tenancy Officer and Dean Howell - Surveyor

 

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

Nothing to raise.

Repairs:

Nothing to raise.

Tenancy:

Nothing to raise.

Martock Avenue Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

8th April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Treena Nash - Tenancy Officer, Bob Wilson - Surveyor, and Gary Garnet - Caretaker

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

Nothing to raise.

Repairs:

Nothing to raise.

Tenancy:

Block 3, 4, 5 & 6 - Various items left in the communal areas - Block letter(s) to be sent.

 

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Mendip Crescent Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

8th April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Treena Nash - Tenancy Officer, Bob Wilson - Surveyor, and Gary Garnet - Caretaker

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

  • Block 266-268 Mendip Crescent & 648-650 Prince Avenue - Numerous sacks of garden waste left on the front communal garden - Caretaker to remove - Block needs cleaning, caretaker to carry out.
  • Block 2-4 Mendip Crescent & 584-586 Prince Avenue - Block needs cleaning, caretaker to carry out.

Repairs:

Block 70-72, Martock Avenue & 105-107 Mendip Crescent - Boundary fences in the designated garden are damaged - Surveyor to report to repairs.

Tenancy:

  • Block 236, 238, 240 & 242 - Designated untidy garden - Letter to be sent
  • Block 2-4 Mendip Crescent & 584-586 Prince Avenue - Various doormats & rubbish left in communal areas - Block letter(s) to be sent.
  • Dog waste bin located on the corner of Duster Avenue & Mendip Crescent needs emptying - Reported.

 

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Mendip Road Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

8th April 2025

Inspection carried out by:

Treena Nash - Tenancy Officer, Bob Wilson - Surveyor, and Gary Garnet - Caretaker

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking & Grounds Maintenance:

  • N/A

Repairs:

N/A

Tenancy:

  • Block 1, 3, 5 & 7 - Doormats, plant pots & other various items on the floor outside of properties - Block letter(s) to be sent.
  • Block 15, 17, 19 & 21 - Doormats & paint pots outside of properties. Untidy garden - Block letter(s) to be sent.

 

Next Inspection:

Date to be arranged.

Mornington House Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

27th September 2024

Inspection carried out by:

Jamie Cooper (TSO) and Dean Howell (Surveyor) 

Outcome of inspection:

Caretaking:

  • Rear communal garden needs attending, inside of the block needs attending and cleaning and bin rooms need to be cleaned out.

Repairs:

  • Some of the walls within the communal hallways, the plaster is cracked, this has been reported.
  • Broken windows & window handles have been reported.
  • One of the lights in the drying room doesn’t work, this has been raised.
  • Broken fences and fence posts within carpark have been reported too.

Tenancy:

  • Items within the communal areas that need to be removed by residents.

Mussett House Estate Inspection

Inspected on:

18th October 2024

Inspection carried out by:

Shelley Biggs – Tenancy Services Officer and Keith Wortley - Surveyor


Outcome of inspection: Good

Caretaking:

  • Lights out by flat 1, in the stairwell by flat 23 and in the stairwell by flat 18.
  • Holes in communal grass at the front of the scheme.


Repairs:

  • Leak in communal hallway by flat 20.


Tenancy:

  • No issues during inspection.