Customers at Meadow Heights in Ramsbottom, Bury, are enjoying newly refreshed communal areas following a five-week programme of improvement works to internal hallways and shared spaces across two leasehold-managed blocks.
The scheme, which covers 15 homes, included internal decoration and replacement flooring, delivered as part of Plumlife Management’s lease obligation to carry out communal cyclical decoration every seven years.
Before the works began, the communal areas were in need of upgrading. Since completion, customers have noticed a significant improvement to the look and feel of the internal areas, helping to create a brighter and more welcoming environment for everyone using the building.
Customers were consulted and kept updated throughout the process. As part of the Section 20 consultation, Sundas Inayat, Property Manager, served a notice of intention and notice of estimates to all customers.
Martin Hogan and Sundas also worked collaboratively to provide carpet samples and colour choices for the replacement flooring, giving customers the opportunity to help choose how their communal area would be decorated. The paint colour was agreed on a like-for-like basis.
Because the works took place in internal communal areas, the team also had to carefully manage access for customers entering and leaving their homes.
Martin Hogan, Contract Manager at Plumlife Management, said:
As the works were carried out in the internal communal area, access to flats was an important consideration. Jackson-Jackson were mindful and respectful of customers’ needs when entering and exiting the building. The contractors were very polite to all customers and even assisted some customers with their shopping to help them navigate around the working area.
One customer also shared positive feedback, saying:
All the men working have been helpful and kept customers safe at all times, including displaying wet paint signs to show areas that should not be touched. It is very much appreciated, all the work that the contractors have done.
