HQN’s Estate Services Hub meets regularly and provides a forum to address some of the major challenges facing estates services teams across the country. It also gives members the opportunity to share best practice and even collaborate on the procurement of services.
The Hub covers a wide range of topics, including:
The hub is free to members of the Housing Quality Network. For more information, contact [email protected]
We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of … Read more
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Would you like your work to positively impact the community? If you have a passion to make a real difference within the community’s people live within, then joining a team of successful Housing Officers could … Read more
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Poplar HARCA is an award-winning housing association. We have a national reputation for our innovative approach to urban and social regeneration. As Neighbourhood manager you’ll be responsible for delivering high quality, inclusive, and responsive housing … Read more
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West Lancashire Borough Council own and manage circa 6500 homes across the Skelmersdale and Ormskirk areas. Our Property Services Team manage the delivery of Responsive Repairs, Voids, Compliance, Investment works and Facilities Management across the … Read more
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Salary: up to £27,300 per annum We’re excited to be looking for a new Workplace Solutions (Facilities) Coordinator to support our workplaces in Windsor and surrounding areas and make sure our colleagues have a great place … Read more
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An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Project Management Team in the Transformation/Change unit to provide professional and technical estates support to the Property Manger on our Commercial Property and Housing portfolio. The … Read more
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Sutton Housing Partnership is an Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that manages council housing in Sutton, and we are responsible for the day-to-day management of housing services to around 6,000 council tenants and 1,500 leaseholders. … Read more
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Do you have experience of delivering Grounds Service Contracts? Are you are interested in joining the Estate Contracts Team? If yes, you could now explore joining us on a 36.25hrs per week basis for a … Read more
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The autumn edition of HQM features a big interview with Richard Blakeway, the Housing Ombudsman, in which he shares his insights into the service’s progress and his views on everything from leasehold to mergers. Lara … Read more
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By Sarah Crabb, assistant director of housing services at Mount Green In our fast-evolving society, a lot of things are changing. Becoming more streamlined, ‘digitally transformed’ and optimised to reduce costs or resources or staff … Read more
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Sutton Housing Partnership manages council housing in Sutton. We are responsible for the day-to-day management of housing services to around 6,000 council tenants and 1,500 leaseholders. This is a perfect time to join our Housing … Read more
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TRANSFORMATION/CHANGE UNIT ESTATES OFFICER £28,371 – £32,020 (£16,102 – £18,173 pro rata) 23 hours per week An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Estates and Project Management Team in the Transformation/Change unit to provide professional … Read more
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Residents, employees from housing provider Incommunities and Bradford Council have joined forces to pick litter, remove graffiti from around a local community and share information about recycling. During the clean-up, the team collected over 30 … Read more
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A member would be keen to hear from those that are providing carpets/flooring throughout living spaces when a property becomes void. They would be keen to hear your approaches including: Impact on sustainability it has … Read more
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Sutton Housing Partnership manages council housing in Sutton. We are responsible for the day-to-day management of housing services to around 6,000 council tenants and 1,500 leaseholders. This is a perfect time to join our Housing … Read more
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Grounds Maintenance Operatives Wythenshawe (M22) Permanent ¦ 39 hours per week £24,682 p/annum Are you an experienced grounds maintenance operative who can work with a number of different teams? Are you someone who takes pride … Read more
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Second staircases are to be mandatory for all new residential buildings above 18 metres tall, the government has announced this week. Secretary of State for housing Michael Gove said the move provides “coherence and certainty” … Read more
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Are you ready to take on an exhilarating role that offers a perfect blend of leadership, innovation, and value-driven initiatives? We are seeking an exceptional Operations Manager for our Estates and Facilities team, and this … Read more
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I am asking for any best practice that fellow members have found works in managing communal bin stores when residents are not using the correct bins and will dump waste on the floors preventing collection. … Read more
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In the July edition of HQM, we take a deep dive into the new regulatory regime and how social housing providers should be preparing. We talk to organisations that have been involved in the RSH … Read more
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We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of … Read more
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We’re redoing out our Estates Inspection form and would love examples of what other organisations include on theirs, the rating system they use and the layout. Many thanks
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We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of … Read more
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Please can other RPs advise what other measures of ASB successes are monitored along with the other standard KPIs (for example, repeat cases within x days, ASB satisfaction?)
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Directorate: Customer, Place and Services Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Operative (Permanent) Salary: £25,027 per annum Hours: 40 Hours per week (Monday to Friday 08:00 – 16:30) Location: Based at Gadbrook Park, Northwich. Working across various … Read more
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Annual salary £55,548.93 + benefits Closing Date: Monday 3rd July 10am (this advert may close earlier giving 2 days’ notice if we receive a high volume of applicants, therefore please keep an eye on the … Read more
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A member would be interested to hear from others who have a policy in place for deep cleaning occupied properties. Particularly when social services are involved, they’d be keen to know whether you carry out … Read more
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An exciting opportunity has arisen to work for South Lakes Housing as a full-time (37 hours per week) Community Safety and Tenancy Specialist. Job Description – Community Safety and Tenancy Specialist As Community Safety and … Read more
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Hello Can anyone recommend a way of charging tenants for replacement keys and fobs? Is there a formula you use or a standard price for keys? Many thanks Amy
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We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of … Read more
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Location: HQN event –
Virtual
24 April 2024 – 10:30am – 3:30pm
Public training –
Live virtual
04 December 2023 – 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Best practice groups –
Virtual
16 January 2024 – 10:00am – 12:00pm
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