Tenants happy with improvements

Spire Homes have kept their promise to invest £20million to improve homes across Rutland. A five year schedule is in place to improve tenant’s bathrooms and kitchens, externals and fencing; and Spire are on target!

Mr. and Mrs. Dalby, who have lived at Johnson Road in Oakham for six years, have had a new kitchen installed. “It’s really bright, modern and so much better”, said Mrs. Dalby, “I hated the original kitchen, but now I love it and I enjoy cooking in here now”. Their original kitchen was an L shape and so made it difficult to have a table and chair set in the kitchen. However, when they asked FWA if they could change it, they did. “They were very obliging; if we wanted something that was different they did it for us. Spire and FWA West have been very responsive, and the improvement service has been great”

Maureen and Mrs Anderson are new neighbours at South View in Preston. They have recently had external works done to their homes. Mrs Anderson said “I am so happy here, I love it. It’s so peaceful. FWA were very polite and chatty and there was no mess.”  

Mr and Mrs Harrison who live in Ketton have had new fencing and they say it has made a huge improvement. They originally had a hedge, but were unable to maintain it because of the work involved. Mrs Harrison said, “We’re so pleased with the work and I love the new fencing – it was hard work to cut the hedge by ourselves. The workmen were really good – they cleared everything away.”