English Investing in your home Our plans to invest Keeping your house in a good, safe condition is important to us Unitas is responsible for spending the housing rent money on improving the council-owned houses in the city. Our investment programme is based upon the findings of our Asset Management Strategy and results from stock condition surveys and stock options appraisals. Every year we spend approximately £20m a number of different improvement programmes. These improvement programmes can vary from a programme of kitchen replacements or central heating and boiler upgrades, to a full estate scheme of works, which includes new roofs, pointing, front and rear doors and external works to pathways and gates as well as kitchens, bathrooms, boilers and smoke alarms. The key aim is to ensure that your home stays in a good, safe condition for you to live in. Leaseholders Information for Leaseholders A leaseholder is defined as someone who has bought a flat or maisonette for which the city council retains the freehold. The council retains the freehold and is therefore the leaseholder’s landlord who has a legal duty to make sure that both parties (the city council and the leaseholder) keep to their respective obligations, as set out in the lease and provided by statute. For example, the city council is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building that the leaseholders’ homes are in, together with all shared areas and grounds (known as the common parts) and services subject to the leaseholders paying a proportionate amount towards the cost of such works. Enquiries regarding your lease, improvements to your property or service charge enquiries please contact the leaseholderservices@stoke.gov.uk or 01782 235540 Leaseholder - Five Year Investment Programme This investment programme is an indicative plan reporting on stock data at the time of publication and is subject to change year on year. Five Year Investment Programme Leaseholder Handbook Leaseholder Policy Home improvement programme Committed to keeping your home safe If your home is going to be included in an improvement programme, you will be allocated a Customer Liaison Advisor who will be in contact with you to provide you with the following information: Works to be carried out Who is carrying out the works How long the works will take How to prepare your home before work starts Upcoming projects City Wide Start date: June 2020 We are installing level access showers, ramps and stair lifts to approx. 150 properties across the city to improve facilities for our non-able bodied residents. Sneyd Green Estate Start date: 20/07/20 Work is being undertaken on the Sneyd Green estate re-laying pathways and rebuilding walls at the front and rear of approx. 100 properties.re-roofing, new loft insulation, Installation of SEWI (structural external wall insulation) and render façade system, replacement external doors, renewal of external lighting, installation of hardwired smoke alarms, installation of kitchen and bathroom extraction fans, and remedial repairs. Smallthorne Start date: 27/07/2020 Improvement works to 100 properties on Newford Estate in Smallthorne at the end of August, some of the works include: scaffolding the properties, asbestos surveys & removal, re-roofing, new loft insulation, Installation of SEWI (structural external wall insulation) and render façade system, replacement external doors, renewal of external lighting, installation of hardwired smoke alarms, installation of kitchen and bathroom extraction fans, and remedial repairs. Norton Start date: 28/09/2020 Improvement works on bungalows in Norton, including re-roofing, window and door replacement, new loft insulation, soffit replacement, facias, guttering, accessibility alterations, and pointing to brickwork. Meir Landscaping Start date: 05/10/2020 Installing car parking to help with congestion on the roads. Moving the bin stores from the rear of the property to the front. The area is divided into 3 sections A) 45-55 Tawney Crescent. B) Brookwood Drive C) Lansbury Grove. Completed projects Crosswall Houses Location(s): Barks Drive - Norton Works: These projects are typically completed to a row or street of properties at a time. The type of works that are completed on crosswall house projects can include roofing, soffits, facias, guttering, wall insulation cladding, windows and external doors. Contact us If you have further questions please get in touch. 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