stair intercom entry systems

[Greenmachine]

Ours is knackered, we need to get a new one fitted.

Anyone have any ideas where to get one ?

[Livi_hibee]

i see a theme starting tonight

[hibadelic]

Sell the flat, buy a house.

[Greenscratch]

Originally Posted by Greenmachine

Ours is knackered, we need to get a new one fitted.

Anyone have any ideas where to get one ?

Phone a housing association - say Port o' Leith. Ask them who they get to fix their tennants stairs.

They will defo be able to help you as my stair is continually getting fcuked but some junkie haf wit and the housing assoc are quite good at getting somone in fairly rapid. They can afford this thou, as their working tennants pay through the fcukin nose

[SteveIrwin]

that'll probably set you back ay least a Ton per flat, IIRC. Had it done a few years ago when i was slummin it in a flat.

[Johnny Vegas]

i phoned the council to see if they'd fit one in my stair(it's half council,half bought) they said they'd see what the rest of the folk thought and they gave me a quote for £400

no work done yet so i presume they've all said no

[SteveIrwin]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vegas

i phoned the council to see if they'd fit one in my stair(it's half council,half bought) they said they'd see what the rest of the folk thought and they gave me a quote for £400

no work done yet so i presume they've all said no

thats a route that would work IF the council tenants ALL said YES. Your problem being that some will undoubtably say NO cause they are not bothered about the tenement itself. One of the not so nice joys about sharing the costs of a building. You can always go ahead with those that want it, but the cost will spiral no doubt.

[southfieldhibby]

Originally Posted by Greenmachine

Ours is knackered, we need to get a new one fitted.

Anyone have any ideas where to get one ?

The stair right next to my shop had one fitted yesterday mate, just took the name & number off their buzzer...K&L enterprises 0800-542-9625.

[Hibee Kev]

Originally Posted by SteveIrwin

thats a route that would work IF the council tenants ALL said YES. Your problem being that some will undoubtably say NO cause they are not bothered about the tenement itself. One of the not so nice joys about sharing the costs of a building. You can always go ahead with those that want it, but the cost will spiral no doubt.

I'm currently experiencing similar problems at the moment with common repairs to the guttering and ponting of the tenement flat I stay in, it's a fecking nightmare. I fail to understand why some idiots in the tenement would NOT agree to such repairs.

[KerPlunk]

Originally Posted by Hibee Kev

I'm currently experiencing similar problems at the moment with common repairs to the guttering and ponting of the tenement flat I stay in, it's a fecking nightmare. I fail to understand why some idiots in the tenement would NOT agree to such repairs.

Kev, if you've got feckwit neebs who refuse to pull their weight with commom repairs, contact the Property Repairs section at the City Chambers / Technical Services 329 High Street.(529-4632)
Ask them to come out and do an inspection and thereafter issue a Statutory Notice to have repairs done. This should get your neighbour to sit up and take notice.

[Hibee Kev]

Originally Posted by KerPlunk

Kev, if you've got feckwit neebs who refuse to pull their weight with commom repairs, contact the Property Repairs section at the City Chambers / Technical Services 329 High Street.(529-4632)
Ask them to come out and do an inspection and thereafter issue a Statutory Notice to have repairs done. This should get your neighbour to sit up and take notice.

Cheers dude!

[HibeeJibee]

Yeah, as the above poster says, vital repairs can be forced onto tenants by the council. The same applies to shared cost i.e. a hole in the roof in borne by all the people living directly underneath it.

Our stairwell lighting was knackered (only turning on about 9pm, had to pick way down in the dark) and had evidently been that way all summer. Being a studenty bit, and most students (unlike myself) being lazy b*stards, no-one had done a thing about it. Rang council Friday lunch, they came and repaired it Friday afternoon. Sure everyone else would have been happy to save that massive effort.

(Oh aye, and is there anything you hate more than folk who chub open/prop open the main doors?)

[Peevemor]

Originally Posted by KerPlunk

Kev, if you've got feckwit neebs who refuse to pull their weight with commom repairs, contact the Property Repairs section at the City Chambers / Technical Services 329 High Street.(529-4632)
Ask them to come out and do an inspection and thereafter issue a Statutory Notice to have repairs done. This should get your neighbour to sit up and take notice.

Once a Statutory notice has been issued, you have a certain amount of time to carry out the work, ot at least prove to the Council that you are arranging to have it carried out. If you pass the date, the Council organise the work/appoint a contractor to carry out the work, then add a 10 or 15% (I can't remember) administration fee.