Feedback from Joint Sheltered Forum Meeting on 5 December 2013
‘A Golden Service’
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Stevens Close, Cottenham is very happy
Hedge cutting twice a year
Grass cutting 20 times a year
Council to employ their own gardener
Better after service
Leave it as it is
Keep all areas in a well maintained condition
Bronze – no improvements
Silver – do not cut edges of grass as now
Silver – all cuttings removed and trees well-trimmed
Wild flowers meadow
Resident involvement pond
Can we plant bulbs?
Service monitors
Resident gardens where unable to do themselves – cut and clear, especially
near front doors – employ gardener or Handy man?
Gold service – grass cutting and edges trimmed, hedges cut quarterly or
preferable get rid of and replace with fencing
Check that each resident is capable of cutting their own hedge
Gold service – spraying of weeds regularly and not allow them to become an
issue
Leaf collection and trees cut back
Remove dead trees
Replace shrubs
Clear leaves and bag up for mulch next year
Prune roses
Keep passage ways clear
Keep flower beds weeded
Re seed grassed areas that are infested with weeds
Fruit trees pruned
Leaves removed from front of communal room
A regular service for tree lobbing, etc.
Gold – grass cut every two weeks and collection of cut grass
Paths swept
Have work checked by a supervisor and a resident
Better equipment for grass cuttings to be collected, etc.
Regular service for communal room area, bushes, etc.
Grass cut every three weeks and cuttings collected
Tree maintenance
Fallen leaves collected
Need a better service
Path edges cut £25000
Grass cutting collected, needing a smaller mower £57000
Gold – all grass cuttings removed and grass cut properly
What Bugs Me About Grounds Maintenance?
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More weed killer as the weeds are growing out of control
Green Road – spray weeds around garage area
Show areas that the gardeners are responsible for – a map?
Leaf clearing
Strimming along edges after grass is cut
Gutter clearing
Gardeners need to do the job properly
Green Road – lower branches need cutting back
Prickly bushes around OAP bungalows
No October cut to stop people hurting themselves when going past on
scooters, etc.
Thistles in stones
Chapelfield Way – hedges to be removed and fencing to replace them
Chapelfield Way – leaf collection to see pavements better
Weeds on parking areas
Chaplins Close – Berries and leaf collection needed and trees that have
berries to be cut down
Stapleford – grass cutting: have cuttings collected
Green Road – hedges to be taken up and replaced with new fencing all
around. Also more weed killer around communal room and back path next to
field. Trees down outside no.10 on the green and other trees trimmed down
Are tenants responsible for keeping their garden tidy?
Grass cuttings which are left are messy and a nuisance
Trees need pruning more often within regulations, i.e. nesting time
Go back to the old days – the grass cutting is dreadful – they leave it laying
on the paths, and the trees at the back of my garden are at least 8ft tall which
makes my room so dark that I have my light on nearly all day
Why not get back to normal with SHO on site now and then?
Wrong equipment used
Vandals, huge holes in the lawn and parking on the grass
Some hedges only cut once a year
Need a new car park
Present contractors do not cut grass properly – rip up grass and blow it all
over the place and drive too fast on ride on mower
Grass cut when wet and don’t move dustbins in front
Leaves on paths and grass collection – should contractors do it?
Weed killer around the communal room in the Spring
Grass cutting with a collection box would be a better job
Don’t clear up after strimming, use strimmer instead of mower
Trees not cut back
Tree roots not checked for damage to grounds
Orchard Close – painting is currently being done, but repairing woodwork
BEFORE painting is more sensible