North British Housing

Newest Review: ... (shared ownership), whilst the remainder were to rent (which the council got 50% of the nominations for). This proved to be a disaster as there are some extremely friendly, pleasant, well-behaved and respectable residents, many of which have now moved on, which has meant the minority (of those less citizen/community minded) have now become the majority. Some of the properties, especially the flats, have become hard to let, which makes the area look even worse as security shutters are put over the windows. Due to this, the scheme (in early 2000) was taken out of the Bradford office& ... more

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North British Housing: Numpties Bringing Hell (931 words)
by - written on 12/02/04 (Very useful, 1567 readings)
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North British Housing, now recently changed to NBH (because they have more properties down south!) are the largest (IIRC) of the Registered Social Landlords (Housing Associations) in the UK. Never have I come across such poor management in the public sector (but I understand this scenario is repeated in many other similar housing association groups), speaking as someone who works in local goverment. NBH is gradually moving away from a localised structure (based at the local/regional offices) into a centralised structure, with all rent and repair issues being carried out by the central call centre (which also handles emails!) in Preston, Central ... Read the complete review

North British Housing (113 words)
by - written on 24/04/01 (Somewhat useful, 766 readings)
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There are certain housing associations that leave alot to be desired. A perfect example of such behaviour is the above. This housing association allows certain tenants to install CCTV to monitor their vehicle and when they discover that they have abused this by installing CCTV all around their home, coupled with microphones that have the ability to pick up spoken words within the immediate neighbourhood and cause much stress and tension to the remainder of tenants, they do little or nothing. So just be wary when a housing association offers you accommodation. They are quick to demand their rent and even seek eviction, but lack accountability when they subject ... Read the complete review

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