Quick question

Is anyone in Sheffield still awaiting Sheffield Homes to start work on their house under the Decent Homes scheme? If so what area are you in.

I'm still awaiting work to be done and Sheffield Homes have said it should be 2013/2014, but with housing now going back to the council I'm starting to wonder if the work will ever get done under them and if it is that work will be sub-standard.

I'm aware that Sheffield Homes don't have a choice but to do the work but I have this sneaky feeling that they will try and get out of it.

Nevermind. Confused answer

Are they allowed to try and get out of it, I was under the impression it was a scheme to bring all homes up to a modern, safe, clean, energy efficient standard.

I may be wrong, and of course they may be able to do all of those things without doing the full refurbs they have done elsewhere.

Are they allowed to try and get out of it, I was under the impression it was a scheme to bring all homes up to a modern, safe, clean, energy efficient standard.

I may be wrong, and of course they may be able to do all of those things without doing the full refurbs they have done elsewhere.

Maybe but if they are not going to exist anymore, then they can't really be chased for not doing the work. Having said that if the work doesn't happen no doubt the council could apply for a grant from somewhere to get the work done......or maybe thats the plan :suspect:

Where I am a hell of a lot of house are still to be done. Given that work is meant to start next year no information has gone out to people telling them work is going to start. In fact no survey's have even been done, so how would Sheffield Homes know what each house needs and how much the entire estate would cost?

I do believe it was a national government scheme rather than just a Sheffield Homes one, they were just the ones doing it here, due to being in charge of the social housing. Whether SCC when they take back over will have to continue it, I'm not sure.

"The Government has set a defined set of Decent Homes standards that all council properties in Sheffield need to meet by 2013/14. Sheffield Homes has been managing a huge programme of work on behalf of the Council to bring homes up to the standard. Over 86% of council homes in Sheffield met the standard by January 2011."

Going by that, I would say whoever takes control of the housing would still have to undertake repairs and modernisations :)
http://www.sheffieldhomes.org.uk/myHome/DecentHomes.aspx

I do believe it was a national government scheme rather than just a Sheffield Homes one, they were just the ones doing it here, due to being in charge of the social housing. Whether SCC when they take back over will have to continue it, I'm not sure.

That's the thing no-one is sure. I would have thought that if Sheffield Homes got the money for the Decent Homes programme then it would have to be Sheffield Homes that completed the work.

I've tried asking Sheffield Homes these questions especially for my property but just get the usual 'it will be in your area 2013/2014'. The Decent Homes programme has already been extended. I seem to remember reading somewhere that it should have been completed in 2010.

Given that the council are having to make drastic cuts then it makes you wonder what is going to happen. Around here if your repair is going to be on the Decent Homes programme then they are doing a temporary repair....then repairs to the temporary repair and so on instead of just replacing something.

Someone near where I live (4 doors away) has had their window frame repaired 3 times. For the cost or repairing it (and scaffolding as it's a working at height job) it would have been cheaper to replace it with a UPVC window. As it is they are repairing wooden frames that have exceeded their life expectancy

My Mum's house is missing a double glazed window. They just totally forgot it in the refurb, so I rang them up a while later, and a bloke came round. He said "Ooooh love its a bit windy today, I don't your telly to blow off the stand when I take the window out, and I'm on my own so I can't move it" - 32" light as hell, LCD TV :loopy:

Then he promised to come back tomorrow when the wind had died down :lol: Its now 4 years later!
The heating they installed leaks and makes weird noises too, and they knackered the kitchen floor up replacing the boiler. They wanted to rip Mum's kitchen out that she paid paid a few grand for about a year before, but luckily, it past their vigorous inspections :hihi:

Good luck when they do start :|

"The Government has set a defined set of Decent Homes standards that all council properties in Sheffield need to meet by 2013/14. Sheffield Homes has been managing a huge programme of work on behalf of the Council to bring homes up to the standard. Over 86% of council homes in Sheffield met the standard by January 2011."

Going by that, I would say whoever takes control of the housing would still have to undertake repairs and modernisations :)
http://www.sheffieldhomes.org.uk/myHome/DecentHomes.aspx

Looking at that link then whoever does the Decent Homes programme is going to love my house

To meet the Standard, your home must:
Be free from damp - err I've got damp because of repairs that Sheffield Homes still haven't carried out despite promise after promise. Latest excuse is more work than agreed needs to be done and that work needs to be done before they can do the work that is agreed

Have a kitchen less than 20 years old - yep will probably get a new kitchen

Have a bathroom less than 20 years old - yep look set to get a new bathroom. In fact the bath looks that old it doesn't even have an overflow

Have an efficient heating system and insulation - I moved into this property in Aug 2011 and so far they have had to come out 9 times to the boiler, so probably get a new boiler

Be in a good state of repair - please don't make me laugh, ever heard the saying "the house that Jack built.....well even he doesn't want to be associated with it, and most of the repairs are external, internal ones I have done as I got sick of waiting.

Have double-glazed windows - nope wooden single glazed frames here

Have secure external doors - Got them but only after kicking up a fuss that the previous doors could no longer be repaired. Point proven when the inspector managed to push his car key through the panel

That's just my property. I know a lot worse around here, next door for example her window lets rain in.

I don't know the last time these houses got modernised but the certainly need it now more than anything