Ponds

Water features

Garden furniture

This charge will only be present where a scheme has a pod or water feature of garden furniture that requires maintenance. We do not currently have any schemes that would attract this charge.

 

Cleaning of communal areas

Cleaning of communal windows and doors

Specialist cleaning e.g., bodily fluid events

Carpet shampooing

The weekly cleaning of communal areas such as Common Rooms / Lounges, staircases, corridors and hallways. This will include sweeping and vacuuming of carpets, carpet shampooing, and the cleaning of windows to communal areas. Cleaning of communal kitchens and laundry rooms.

 

Grass cutting

Flower beds

Shrubs and hedge maintenance

Tree maintenance

Garden maintenance charges apply to schemes and buildings where the residents enjoy and have use of gardens which only they have free and open access to, so they are by all intense private to them. These are likely to be sheltered housing schemes and blocks of flats which share communal gardens. All aspects of gardening are included from grass cutting, flower bed planning, hedge and shrub maintenance and works like the treatment of paths and hard standings and water during dry weather.

 

Wheelie bin hire charges

Waste collection services

We do not get charged for the supply of wheelie bins and the regular roadside collection as this is funded through Council Tax. Additional services may attract additional charges.

Cleaning of bins and storage areas

Where a site has a bin store from time to time that may need to be cleared and deep cleaned. This cost is not covered by caretaking or garden maintenance services.

Bulk refuse collection

See Open Space Charges.

 

Window cleaning - ground floor

Where residents as a collective request that arrangements are made to clean windows to their properties. This is more likely to take place in sheltered and supported accommodation and to buildings that by their design residents or normal window cleaners are unable to clean windows.

 

Window cleaning - higher levels

As above but for all windows above ground floor. The reason that window cleaning is separated is that the regulations for Housing Benefit and Universal credit separate out the location of windows and when the costs are eligible to be covered as a housing cost.