Gateshead Council
Mrs Chewy and I moved into our council flat back in April. It had been vacant since last December when the previous occupant died in the bath. Seeing as the council had been involved in removing his body, cleaning the flat and doing several repair jobs, you'd think that they'd have made a note of the fact that Mr Ronald Buckland was dead. No such luck. We still get letters addressed to him from the council, even though we've managed to get the council tax bills sent in our names now. The most useless bunch seem to be the Decent Homes crowd. These guys are supposedly upgrading homes to better standards. Before we moved in we were told we'd be getting a new kitchen, new bathroom, new internal doors, and new uPVC windows and doors in September. Then we got a letter saying that as the sadly deceased Mr Buckland hadn't bothered getting out of his grave to go to a planning meeting, we'd be getting nothing. Some well placed phone calls put us back on track, although we still get letters for Mr Buckland. Then, to top it off, we get a letter from Decent Homes saying we'd be getting just a kitchen. What happened to all the other stuff? Tried ringing them, got no meaningful answers. Wrote to our councilor, then got a call back from the Decent Homes Liaison Officer saying sorry about the mis-information, but flats aren't eligible for windows and doors, so fuck you basically. The most annoying thing is that we already have one uPVC window that was fitted before the rest of the upgrade to save time later...

/rant over.
(Chewy , masticating since 1978., Fri 27 Jul 2007, 10:24, Reply)