help I'm stuck

chrisp · 29-01-2005, 23:52

Could I take HBC to court.
Because of there lack of management my house is worth £45k less than it should!!!
Any budding lawyers wana help

WillowTheWhisp · 29-01-2005, 23:57

In what way has HBC's actions (or lack of) affected the price of your property?

chrisp · 30-01-2005, 00:09

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

In what way has HBC's actions (or lack of) affected the price of your property?

take a drive around the within grove estate on bolton ave.
It looks like Kate Ade has been to better places.
When we complain about the state of the houses we get told no funds.
Would HBC let a privately run company to let their housing stock get this way.
I don't think so.

Less · 30-01-2005, 00:15

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Originally Posted by chrisp

Could I take HBC to court.
Because of there lack of management my house is worth £45k less than it should!!!
Any budding lawyers wana help

My advice here is, 'DON'T MAKE WAVES', if you are succesful in any legal action you can guarantee that any monies paid out by HBC would be recovered by them by upping the council tax bracket of the property that you live in to ensure that the money they recover from you is tenfold anything you get from them.

chav1 · 30-01-2005, 11:08

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Originally Posted by chrisp

take a drive around the within grove estate on bolton ave.
It looks like Kate Ade has been to better places.
When we complain about the state of the houses we get told no funds.
Would HBC let a privately run company to let their housing stock get this way.
I don't think so.

thats disgusting

on blackburn road the row of terraced houses near to where the church used to be is been done up for the 2nd time that i can remember

the people in them tearraces keep letting the houses fall into bad shape and the council keep doing them up

why do the same properties over again and why not give someone else a turn

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 14:47

That row of terraced houses doesn't belong to the council so I'm wondering if it's anything to do with Project Phoenix or the general grants and upgradings that were on the go when they did up whole batches such as Ormerod Street and Primrose Street and very kindly missed me out in between in Willows Lane!

Went down Bolton Avenue not long ago and I was surprised how awful it looks now. When I was at Peel Park a friend of mine used ot live on Ambleside Close and it all looked very nice in those days with the shops opposite and the little "rec".

chav1 · 30-01-2005, 16:05

the council give a lot of money out each year for people to do their houses up

i dont see why any privatly owned property should get a penny especialy as there are plenty of council tennants waiting months to get so much as a new pane of glass installed

all i know is betwwen property developers and councilers you are going to struggle to find any honesty and good buisness sense

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 17:17

I believe the money used to bring the private properties up to an acceptable level for human habitation is earmarked as such from central government and cannot be used for any other purpose. There have always been assorted government grants available for various purposes. I remember in the 60s you could get a grant to put in a bathroom and indoor loo if you didn't have one.

chav1 · 30-01-2005, 17:20

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

I believe the money used to bring the private properties up to an acceptable level for human habitation is earmarked as such from central government and cannot be used for any other purpose. There have always been assorted government grants available for various purposes. I remember in the 60s you could get a grant to put in a bathroom and indoor loo if you didn't have one.

yes but should the same properties get done over and over again or shuould other people who would probably keep their property in order be given a turn...?

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 17:25

I wouldn't mind a turn. I've never had one.

chrisp · 30-01-2005, 20:10

I've caused quite a stir.

Good news is HBC are planning a cycle path up from town through Huncoat.
I know they have had over 20 meeting about planning a childs park on the waste ground on the estate.
Still no park cos all the cash went on meetings and expences.

Margaret Pilkington · 30-01-2005, 20:55

We made use of a grant for an indoor toilet in 1969...... but if I remember rightly we had to put as much in from our own money as we got from the grant......I know it was a struggle for us at the time because my daughter was only about 8 months old and I hadn't gone back to work. The grant system does seem a bit biased, I know that they did up a lot of the houses on Marsden St with grant money, my dear old Ma lives up on Riley's Hill and when she enquired about having central heating put in using a grant she couldn't get one.

WillowTheWhisp · 30-01-2005, 22:28

I wish they would at least sandblast the terraced row I'm on so they all look reasonable as there are some pretty crummy paint jobs.

mez · 31-01-2005, 08:20

has your mum tried homewise margret, i know someone who had central heating fitted by them. will pm you.