Posts Tagged ‘The Towers’

March17

The Sound of Cages Being Rattled

By: Tim Neale

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”.

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March5

David Bowie: Sound and Vision

By: Tim Neale

Good news, spring is threatening.

blue blue

blue blue

Bad news, I’m going to spend it in a blue bubble.

There have been a couple of beautiful days this week. I’m considering taking my hiking boots of for the year. But my usual pleasure at watching Stevenage burst into spring from eight floors up is diminished by the scaffolding and blue stuff I’m encased in.

Then there’s the drilling.

I had a note through my letter box, telling me that the drilling will only take a day and would be carried out on Tuesday 2 March. I took all ornaments off window sills and pictures off externals walls and went out for the day.

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February19

There’s a Man Outside My Window

By: Tim Neale

It’s been a difficult week.

The scaffolding’s reached my floor. It’s strange to see people standing outside of my window. On the eighth, you get used to privacy. Walking into a room and coming face to face with someone is a shock.

new neighbours

new neighbours

But they have moved on up. Next they will be encapsulating us in the blue plastic. Everything will be dingy and blue.

I’m told that the worse part is when the drilling starts, eight hours a day, five days a week. I don’t know weather I’ll be able to work.

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December22

No Need for a Warent to Tap My Phone

By: Tim Neale

I’ve been having a lot of trouble with my phone recently.

It keeps getting cut off. I have called Virgin Media four times in the last week. It’s getting ridiculous.

It’s also getting expensive. Calls to Virgin customer service costs 40 pence a minute on my mobile. And each call takes on average ten minutes.

They’ve changed the call waiting system since I last called. Now, “to ease the pain of waiting” you can select the type of music to listen to (at 40 pence a minute). You make your selection. It then ignores it completely and plays the same song

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