Open letter to Housing Minister and The Editor of the Courri

[Dr Doob]

Dear Minister/ Editor,
I live in a house owned by Argyll Community Housing Assosiation. About 6 weeks ago ACHA spent Thousands of pounds on window repair and painting, I must admit the windows were a bit tacky, they were installed within the last 10yrs and really needed a coat of paint. This morning i was awoken by the sounds of my neighbours windows being ripped out and replaced, with brand new but significantly smaller windows, astounded i got on with my day. At 1655 this evening I answered a knock at my front door, to be told by a workman, "that they were coming to replace my windows on Thursday". To say that I am shocked, well that is a bit of an understatment, in the least at the disturbing thought that not only have ACHA squandered a considerable sum, upgrading perfectly good windows they want to reduce the size of the window and let in less light. I mean we will have to turn lights on at Lunchtime to see in the front room, increasing our electric bill (a waste of energy), we have not been consulted or indeed given adequate warning or even asked if we want our windows replaced. I would be gratefull if you could contact ACHA and ask them to leave our windows alone and investigate why so much money has been squandered in theese times of austerity by them.
yours etc

[Mr.Everready]

What did ACHA say when you contacted them ?

[jdcarra]

I find that very odd as they normally send out a letter well in advance of their intentions.We did have windows fitted two years ago,had a visit by Acha/McLeod representatives to discuss style and colour,very strange you did not likewise.

May be their comms system has crashed,because like me it is impossible to get repairs and painting done. We reside in a wooden built house and not seen a lick of paint for over seven years,your garden shed gets better treatment .

[Niander]

Your lucky some people live in cardboard boxes
your biggest problem ?...your brand new windows your getting for free are slightly smaller
you wanna try ridiculously expensive private renting...believe me your better where you are if you knew it!

[maxmix]

your biggest problem ?...your brand new windows your getting for free are slightly smaller

Not sure about this 'Free' bit ! The monthly rent from Acha ATM is at it's highest ever, per month....

maxmix

[Niander]

Yes everything is going up but still far cheaper than private expect to pay £100 per week for a house around here and your at the whims of the landlord who may or may not treat you well and they dont want to spend a penny on the house unless they absolutely have to...so expect old drafty windows etc in fact mine are actually falling out if i open them!:roll:
somewhere like scarborough ,england youll pay around £150 per week for a house
you still having a bad time?
how much rent is a house with housing association then?

[gizmo]

You're lucky. When I was young, we had to live in a box etc.

[Niander]

Your lucky you had a box
we lived in a little glass bottle bottom of garden

[howlsatthemoon]

Glass bottle!!! you were lucky. We lived for three months in a paper bag in a septic tank. We used to have to get up at six in the morning, clean the paper bag, eat a crust of stale bread, go to work down t' mill, fourteen hours a day, week-in week-out, for sixpence a week, and when we got home our Dad would thrash us to sleep wi' his belt.

[Niander]