This section aims to give residents information on the
maintenance and improvement projects planned or currently in
progress on their estates.
Works are generally split into two types:
- revenue projects, which are cyclical works like the five-year
external painting, major repairs to boundary walls, refurbishment
of cold water tanks etc, and minor improvements, like installing a
new item of play equipment
- capital projects, large schemes like renewal of windows, roofs,
lifts etc, that cost several thousands or millions of pounds and
take several months or years to plan and implement.
The Housing Development team is responsible for the programming,
implementation and monitoring of all planned maintenance and
improvements (excluding day to day repairs) to our housing estates.
The team also promotes energy efficiency initiatives, undertakes
the energy rating of the housing stock and assessments under the
new Housing Health & Safety Rating System for compliance with
the Decent Homes Standard.
Download the estates’ latest lists of all revenue and capital
projects completed between 2007 and 2010, projects due in 2011/12
and projects identified up to 2014/15(subject to approvals).
Avondale Square (60kb)
Dron House (43kb)
Golden Lane Estate (56kb)
Holloway Estate (48kb)
Isleden House (47kb)
Middlesex Street Estate (52kb)
Southwark Estates (60kb)
Sydenham Hill Estates (54kb)
William Blake Estates (50kb)
Windsor House (47kb)
York Way Estate (53kb)
For information on future cyclical projects, email the Housing
Development
team barbicanrepairs@cityoflondon.gov.uk
Consultation with residents
We place great importance on consulting residents and endeavour
to accommodate suggestions where possible. All residents are
consulted on major repairs and proposed improvements to determine
their views, including the impact upon rent increases or service
charges. Views are considered and plans may be modified before
proceeding with works where this is possible or suitable. Long
lessees are consulted on the likely service charge following
receipt of tenders.
If an estate has a registered residents' association,
representatives are invited to submit projects in addition to those
identified by the estate staff and our technical consultants. All
suggestions have to be balanced against forecast income and
priorities.
Residents' Associations are also contacted for their comments on
the specification prior to seeking tenders. Residents' groups can
suggest a contractor if they wish, provided that they meet the City
of London's vetting procedures. For larger schemes, residents'
association representatives are invited to attend progress meetings
with the contractor.
After the works are complete on major schemes, we carry out
satisfaction surveys to obtain residents' views on the quality of
the work. The replies are used to improve specifications in future
projects. Most projects also have either a six or 12 month defects
liability period, during which reports of any defects from
residents are welcomed. All external painting projects have a 24
month defects liability period and residents are surveyed twice
during this time and asked to report any problems.
Contact
For more information on maintenance and improvement projects,
please contact:
The Housing
Development Team
City of London
Department of Community and Children's Services
3 Lauderdale Place
Barbican
London EC2Y 8EN
Tel 020 7332 1141 (with voicemail)
Fax 020 7332 3796
Email
barbicanrepairs@cityoflondon.gov.uk