Ten flats, one corridor, a communal lounge. That is the size of job we like.
Thatcham has plenty of small blocks and sheltered schemes, and the faults on their reports are rarely dramatic. A painted seal. A closer wound right down. A hinge with two screws missing out of eight. A sign that fell off.
None of it takes long once a carpenter is there. Most of the cost is the drive from Luton, so the more doors we do in a visit, the less each one costs.
Housing associations
Send us several reports together. We group the schemes by area and price them as one programme.
We have put right 34 doors in a block of flats in Luton, one floor at a time, and that is how we would run yours.
The resident comes first
In sheltered housing the person living behind the door has to be able to open it. We don't set a closer so firm that they can't.
If a resident asked for a closer to be taken off, tell us. There is often a setting that suits them and still shuts the door.
When we leave
You get a photo of every door and a short note of what was done. Your assessor can use that to close the action on the report.
Getting here
We come from Luton, a bit under two hours. A scheme of twenty doors or more makes the trip worth it.
West Berkshire Council is the council here. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service deals with fire safety.
Questions we get asked
Can you do only some of the doors on my report?
Yes. Say which ones matter most and we price those first.
Do residents need to be in?
For flat doors, yes. We arrange it with your warden or managing agent.
Send it to us with the postcode and we will price it door by door.
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