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Tag Archives: TMO
Compounded Stupidity
About fifteen years ago the Council decided that they would create a structural repairs contract as well as one for external decoration for our three tower blocks which we manage on their behalf. Unfortunately, they didn’t bother to consult with … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, housing
Tagged Contractors, Council, maintenance, TMO, tower blocks
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The End
Seventeen years ago I didn’t know it would last I began our tenant’s TMO Time has gone so fast. Battles won and battles lost Each memory lingers still Each battle came with its own cost Each departure left for me … Continue reading
Goodbye to PETRA
After seventeen years of developing and nurturing PETRA – our Tenant Management Organisation I set up all those years ago with Jan (my wife) and four others who jumped ship about seven years ago, I feel it is now time … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, housing, local politics, tenants rights
Tagged Commitment, Havering, Park Hill and Sunrise estate, PETRA, Retirement, TMO
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The £50 Adventure: Chapter 4
We finally ‘went live’ in April 2003, but we were still negotiating the MMA (Modular Management Agreement) and it would be a further 2 years later before this was finally signed off. I thought we were continuing to cope with … Continue reading
The £50 Adventure: Chapter 3
Training was going on apace and the committee were beginning to understand their roles and how to work together as a team. We knew it wouldn’t be long before we were ready to start appointing staff. We looked at where … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, housing, tenants rights
Tagged community leadership, Council, maintenance, pride, repairs, TMO
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£50 Adventure: part 2
The following year, despite receiving £25,171 in grants from the Government as well as £9,698 from the council, our section 16 agent fleeced us of £20,433 in administration fees. Our newly formed committee of 15 residents thought this was daylight robbery. The … Continue reading
The £50.00 Adventure.
Eleven years ago, Jan (my wife) and I, along with two other couples started a TMO (Tenant Management Organisation) we call PETRA (Parkhill Tenants and Resident Association). I wrote to the Council and explained that we intended to form a … Continue reading
Good Friends
A number of years ago, my destiny – and as it happened later my wife’s life was channelled into serving our community as local Councillors. Politics is never boring as many MPs will attest, but local politics at Borough level … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Politics
Tagged friends, pickles, Politics, quality of life, social evenings, TMO
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