Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 11:20am Mon 4 Aug 08
Yes the new windows are lovely.Only in winter when radiator is on you have to go right up next to it to get a heat!
Yes the new windows are lovely.Only in winter when radiator is on you have to go right up next to it to get a heat!
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 11:25am Mon 4 Aug 08
How nice, the south and west will benefit most when most of the GHA housing stock is in the North and East. Tw@ts
How nice, the south and west will benefit most when most of the GHA housing stock is in the North and East. Tw@ts
Posted by: charlie, glasgow on 11:49am Mon 4 Aug 08
they have a lovely water feature inside anniesland court,rain coming down our walls,and
ceilings,and this is after a supposed roof repairs???[bold]bold[/bold]
they have a lovely water feature inside anniesland court,rain coming down our walls,and
ceilings,and this is after a supposed roof repairs???
Posted by: Johnny Punchclock, Glasgow on 12:09pm Mon 4 Aug 08
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in.
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in.
Posted by: CM, Whiteinch on 12:25pm Mon 4 Aug 08
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.
Posted by: victor meldrew, condorrat on 12:52pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Johnny Punchclock[/bold] wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in. [/quote] Very smug, just remember Johnny, some of these tenants pay as much if not more in rent, than if they'd taken out a mortgage,and don't have anything to show for it after many years and many thousands of pounds.
Maybe they just couldn't raise the deposit.
Johnny Punchclock wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in.
Very smug, just remember Johnny, some of these tenants pay as much if not more in rent, than if they'd taken out a mortgage,and don't have anything to show for it after many years and many thousands of pounds.
Maybe they just couldn't raise the deposit.
Posted by: Carlie, East End on 1:13pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote][bold]CM[/bold] wrote:
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.[/quote] Half the price? I got my bill in on Friday for the cladding, £10k due within 12 months! Half my annual salary! Jail here I come!
CM wrote:
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.
Half the price? I got my bill in on Friday for the cladding, £10k due within 12 months! Half my annual salary! Jail here I come!
Posted by: Carlie, East End on 1:20pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote][bold]CM[/bold] wrote:
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.[/quote] Half the price? I got my bill in on Friday for the cladding, £10k due within 12 months! Half my annual salary! Jail here I come!
CM wrote:
Story doesn't mention that homeowners have to pay half the cost too, and the cost isn't good. Typical of GHA to ignore such detail.
Half the price? I got my bill in on Friday for the cladding, £10k due within 12 months! Half my annual salary! Jail here I come!
Posted by: jim, Glasgow on 1:52pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Johnny Punchclock[/bold] wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in. [/quote] Where in my comment does it say i actually LIVE in them?Didnt think so.Try reading comments before you let your belly rumble!
Johnny Punchclock wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in.
Where in my comment does it say i actually LIVE in them?Didnt think so.Try reading comments before you let your belly rumble!
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 2:09pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote][bold]Johnny Punchclock[/bold] wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in. [/quote] I never said I was a GHA tenant. Read the post first, eh?
Johnny Punchclock wrote:
I am sorry to hear how unhappy jim, Stewie Griffin and charlie are with their subsidised homes. I would advise them to move out straight away and buy somewhere decent, so some other unlucky person can move in.
I never said I was a GHA tenant. Read the post first, eh?
Posted by: atrocityexhibition, Glasgow on 2:27pm Mon 4 Aug 08
And all these physical upgrades will have little impact on the social problems. The NEDs will have smashing time wi the new windows at least!
And all these physical upgrades will have little impact on the social problems. The NEDs will have smashing time wi the new windows at least!
Posted by: Johnny Punchclock, Glasgow on 3:27pm Mon 4 Aug 08
Jim, why comment on how horrible the [bold]free[/bold] double glazing and central heating is going to be if it's not being installed in your own house?
Stewie, what's it to you where the investment is made if you aren't a tenant?
CM, it would be stupid if homeownwers didn't have to pay, in line with the contracts they entered into when they bought their flats, and it seems they're getting a 50% subsidy to have their flats disenslummified!
Carlie, do what the rest of us do when we get a big bill for house repair - pay it, or borrow the money, or sell up and move out. Did your solicitor not tell you this might happen, just as it does for everyone else in the real world?
Victor Meldrew, until recently you didn't need a deposit to borrow 110% of the reduced purchase price even if you were a pensioner on benefits, and the GHA rent is always cheaper than market rents with 100% housing benefit for people on low incomes, which applies to most GHA tenants. I think that counts as a massive public subsidy.
Everyone else, stop your whining. This is a fantastic deal.
All you need to do now is control your ned children and defend yourself against your ned neighbours - like the ones in the other story who flooded their working neighbours out of their flat in Sighthill.
Jim, why comment on how horrible the
free double glazing and central heating is going to be if it's not being installed in your own house?
Stewie, what's it to you where the investment is made if you aren't a tenant?
CM, it would be stupid if homeownwers didn't have to pay, in line with the contracts they entered into when they bought their flats, and it seems they're getting a 50% subsidy to have their flats disenslummified!
Carlie, do what the rest of us do when we get a big bill for house repair - pay it, or borrow the money, or sell up and move out. Did your solicitor not tell you this might happen, just as it does for everyone else in the real world?
Victor Meldrew, until recently you didn't need a deposit to borrow 110% of the reduced purchase price even if you were a pensioner on benefits, and the GHA rent is always cheaper than market rents with 100% housing benefit for people on low incomes, which applies to most GHA tenants. I think that counts as a massive public subsidy.
Everyone else, stop your whining. This is a fantastic deal.
All you need to do now is control your ned children and defend yourself against your ned neighbours - like the ones in the other story who flooded their working neighbours out of their flat in Sighthill.
Posted by: charlie, glasgow on 3:28pm Mon 4 Aug 08
johnny punchclock misses the point,the GHA are
spending big money for sub-standard work,would he expect water coming in after a roof repair.
johnny punchclock misses the point,the GHA are
spending big money for sub-standard work,would he expect water coming in after a roof repair.
Posted by: charlie, glasgow on 3:30pm Mon 4 Aug 08
johnny punchclock misses the point,the GHA are
spending big money for sub-standard work,would he expect water coming in after a roof repair.
johnny punchclock misses the point,the GHA are
spending big money for sub-standard work,would he expect water coming in after a roof repair.
Posted by: Stewie Griffin, Glasgow on 3:52pm Mon 4 Aug 08
[quote]Stewie, what's it to you where the investment is made if you aren't a tenant?[/quote]
As a citizen of Glasgow, I do care about the state of the place. And as this is a discussion forum, I thought I'd give an opinion. But hey ho, Johnny, perhaps we should not have an opinion and just agree with everything you say, eh? I take it you work for GHA then?
Stewie, what's it to you where the investment is made if you aren't a tenant?
As a citizen of Glasgow, I do care about the state of the place. And as this is a discussion forum, I thought I'd give an opinion. But hey ho, Johnny, perhaps we should not have an opinion and just agree with everything you say, eh? I take it you work for GHA then?
Posted by: OWEN, LINDLEY on 4:47pm Mon 4 Aug 08
Subsidised homes?
Can you elaborate, a GHA tenant who pays their rent is entitled to decent living conditions. Yes or no?
Subsidised homes?
Can you elaborate, a GHA tenant who pays their rent is entitled to decent living conditions. Yes or no?
Posted by: ex labour voter, glasgow on 4:57pm Mon 4 Aug 08
If you have bought your ex counsil house and are lucky enough to have a choice then DONT LET GHA any where near your property.
If you have bought your ex counsil house and are lucky enough to have a choice then DONT LET GHA any where near your property.
Posted by: leesome, Glasgow on 5:22pm Mon 4 Aug 08
Nearly a year since a meeting, still awaiting door entry, which would mean that this announcement is from funds held back on a delibrate basis; for this announcement.
Good to read that the GA will and should rightly concentrate ion its core, that of adding value to rents. The GHA with millions of square metres of roof space should now seek to bring down energy costs from renewables. If this could be tied to LED street lighting then the savings not just from energy costs, but from the safe environment white (not cream)street lighting creates would be felt in every home, the saving would allow brighter street lighting from lessening the distance between posts. The street lighting could then be factor charged, making a tenant less likely to purchase due to the factoring costs, which should not be retrospective.
Nearly a year since a meeting, still awaiting door entry, which would mean that this announcement is from funds held back on a delibrate basis; for this announcement.
Good to read that the GA will and should rightly concentrate ion its core, that of adding value to rents. The GHA with millions of square metres of roof space should now seek to bring down energy costs from renewables. If this could be tied to LED street lighting then the savings not just from energy costs, but from the safe environment white (not cream)street lighting creates would be felt in every home, the saving would allow brighter street lighting from lessening the distance between posts. The street lighting could then be factor charged, making a tenant less likely to purchase due to the factoring costs, which should not be retrospective.
Posted by: glasgowrose, Glasgow on 7:27pm Mon 4 Aug 08
After spendingg all this money Glasgow must retain these homes for the rented sector and not continue selling off social housing at knockdown prices for people to make huge profits while others are left homeless or unable to find a decent property they can afford to rent.
After spendingg all this money Glasgow must retain these homes for the rented sector and not continue selling off social housing at knockdown prices for people to make huge profits while others are left homeless or unable to find a decent property they can afford to rent.
Posted by: puritycontrol, Glasgow on 9:06pm Mon 4 Aug 08
616 million! the could have knocked down all the crap houses and built new ones for that!
616 million! the could have knocked down all the crap houses and built new ones for that!
Posted by: roor06, glasgow on 3:41am Tue 5 Aug 08
On my third set of windows ...
Still dont work ... (wind,rain,etc,etc)
Incompetence or is it designed ???
Sudennly they pledge too spend x millions, ah dont think so ...
Bottom line ... It Is the people who purchased their Council Hoose who is now paying for all this mismanagement ...
Johnny p Your a wee dick ...
On my third set of windows ...
Still dont work ... (wind,rain,etc,etc)
Incompetence or is it designed ???
Sudennly they pledge too spend x millions, ah dont think so ...
Bottom line ... It Is the people who purchased their Council Hoose who is now paying for all this mismanagement ...
Johnny p Your a wee dick ...
Posted by: sober, Bar stool on 5:18am Tue 5 Aug 08
SUCH AGGRESSION IS UNCALLED FOR SUBSCRIBERS...THE GHA HAS BEEN A FARCE FOR "DONKIES" AND IF YOU START GOING "UPRIWAS"
AN ASBO WILL BE ON ITS WAY
SUCH AGGRESSION IS UNCALLED FOR SUBSCRIBERS...THE GHA HAS BEEN A FARCE FOR "DONKIES" AND IF YOU START GOING "UPRIWAS"
AN ASBO WILL BE ON ITS WAY
Posted by: Aneas Silvas, Roma on 4:41pm Tue 5 Aug 08
This provision for property upgrade sounds magnificent. As an old-age pensioner on a small fixed income who shivers a lot in winter, this is something I look forward to. That is until I ask to be included in the scheme and find that officialdom become even colder than my living room. I liken it to the man that calls at my door with his collecting can and a quick flash of a card of sorts. He informs me blythely,that he is collecting for the old folks and when I tell him that I am one of the old folks (82 in three weeks) and could he see his way to giving me a ten pound note to tide the week out, the mood changes. With a look of disbelief, he retreats back to the street without a charitable thought in his heart. Central heating, well now, that would even beat my flushing toilet for grandure.
This provision for property upgrade sounds magnificent. As an old-age pensioner on a small fixed income who shivers a lot in winter, this is something I look forward to. That is until I ask to be included in the scheme and find that officialdom become even colder than my living room. I liken it to the man that calls at my door with his collecting can and a quick flash of a card of sorts. He informs me blythely,that he is collecting for the old folks and when I tell him that I am one of the old folks (82 in three weeks) and could he see his way to giving me a ten pound note to tide the week out, the mood changes. With a look of disbelief, he retreats back to the street without a charitable thought in his heart. Central heating, well now, that would even beat my flushing toilet for grandure.
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