I finally heard back from Stevenage Homes on the cost of fire alarm call outs.

I was not going to mention services charges or anything about Stevenage Homes again on this blog. I’ve set up Stevenage Leaseholders Online just to moan about them. But I had to share this.

Stevenage Homes have at last replied to my query. The email arrived on the 9th March 2010. I first enquired 13 November 2009.

After nearly four months of silence, two weeks after launching Stevenage Leaseholders Online I receive an email from Michael Olawepo. It was flagged high priority (you have to laugh).

With no apology for the months it took to respond, Mr Olawepo gets straight to the point. He’s complaining. I had said that “Stevenage Homes have cancelled some recent forums due to lack of interest”. Mr Olawepo:

At the end of the leasehold forum of 12 August 2009, which you attended, it was agreed that the date of the next meeting was to be confirmed, and this was noted in the minutes of the meeting. The earlier proposed meeting for 21 October was not cancelled but postponed/rescheduled for 25 November 2009, which you attended. And it was at this meeting that it was further proposed that the meeting of 9 December 2009 would be cancelled as there was only a fortnight between the dates. It was also noted by leaseholders that a meeting in December would not be well attended due to the holidays. It was then motioned that no further meeting be held until April 2010 as the fourth meeting of the financial year 2009/10.

All leaseholders present including yourself agreed to this arrangement as noted in the minutes of the meeting. I also refer you to the terms of reference of the leasehold forum which states there will be at least four general meetings of the Forum in any year.
Dates of meetings held in 2009/10 are as follows;
(1) 15th April, (2) 17th June, (3) 12th August, (4) 25th November.

In view of the decisions of those present at these meetings the blog is an unfair and incorrect representation of the facts.

So, anyone who didn’t skim the above three paragraphs now has a fair and correct representation of the facts.

To me, a typical leaseholder, which meetings Stevenage Homes cancelled last year, which meetings they moved, what was said at which meeting, these things are trivial. This is why my memory of them is imperfect.

To me, a typical leaseholder, why Stevenage Homes was paying out £3000 to on fire alarm call out for The Towers is important. Because I have to pay part of the bill.

Simples!

At least I got some kind of response to my questions.

I appear to have rattled someone’s cage.

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