Handy Person referral service
The Handy Person service is a referral service that is carried out on our behalf by PM training.
1. All new customers. When you sign for your tenancy you can have up to 2 hours of our handy person service within the first 3 months of moving in. New customers, please call our Customer Excellence Team to request the service. This gives you time to move in, decide what you would like doing and to purchase materials.
2. Customers who need help because of medical illness or disability, or because they have no family or friends that can help. We will sometimes extend help to customers if they are struggling with a job that the handy person could carry out.
Handy Person service restrictions
- Materials need to be provided by the customer.
- Customers cannot access the service if they are in arrears.
- The Handy person, can't do any electrical work or painting of rooms.
- Plaining of internal doors - (fire doors cannot be plained - these are usually the internal doors in flats and the enclosed community living schemes.
- Changing of light bulbs to electric fires
The Handy Person can do the following:
Hanging pictures/mirrors |
Fitting shelving |
Fitting curtain rails |
Decorating advice |
Fitting light bulbs/ lampshades |
Assembling/disassembling furniture |
Fitting shower curtains/towel rails |
Fitting other bathroom accessories |
Installing blinds (no cutting) |
Hanging curtains |
Fitting toilet seats |
Placing items in loft |
Easing stop cocks |
Painting ceilings |
Moving furniture |
Fitting draught excluders |
Fitting window locks |
Laying small carpets |
Removing small rubbish/furniture items |
Painting timber gates and fencing |
Fitting hanging baskets |
Fitting door handles and other door accessories i.e. wireless doorbell |
Cleaning paths |
Lifting old carpets |
Installing washing posts/lines |
Packing/unpacking boxes |
Fitting sink plugs |
Installing bathroom cabinets |
Help to set heating programme/timer |
Assembling small shed/bunker |
Fitting shower panels |
Re-fixing carpets |
Unblocking sinks (U bends) |
Connecting washing machines |
Flushing unused outlets of empty properties in Community Living |
Identify and replace faulty lighting on Community Living schemes |
Undertake weekly emergency light testing and flushing of unused outlets at Mill Rise |
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Contact your Neighbourhood Coordinator or our Customer Excellence team on how to be referred or more information.