Social Housing Management: Gas Safety During COVID-19
The restrictions that are in place at the moment to reduce the spread of the corona virus has given rise to some confusion around gas safety. Some gas contractors are refusing…
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Housing Association Fails Duty in Electrical Safety
An English housing association was issues with a notice due to failures in electrical and asbestos safety.
Improving Electrical Safety Standards in Social Housing
I have given allot of thought recently to the subject of electrical safety in social housing in Scotland and what could be done to place an emphasis on electrical compliance.…
IoT Smart Technology to Better Manage Housing Stock
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated devices with the ability to transfer data over a network. This technology has been implemented successfully over a…
Discussion: Analysing the Use of Environmental Sensors
Environmental sensors have the potential to help to tackle fuel poverty in social housing and could save organisations millions of pounds on property management and repair…
Social Housing Management: Unauthorised Tenant Alterations
Under a Scottish secure tenancy agreement (SST), tenants have the right to carry out alterations and improvements to the property they reside in. In this blog, I am going to…
Social Housing Management: Photovoltaic Fire Safety
In this blog, I will be discussing an aspect of fire safety in relation to smoke detection systems in loft spaces. I will be discussing a property refurbishment and how the…
Social Housing Management: Dealing with Outgoing Tenants
Landlords should be fair and reasonable when a tenant is ending their tenancy. The reason this subject is particularly important to me is that I recently moved home after…
Social Housing Management: New Fire Safety Standards
In this blog I will be discussing the new fire safety standards which apply to Scotland. I will be going over the changes as well as the potential impact it will have on social…
Social Housing Management: Managing Hazardous Trees
In this blog I will be discussing the management of trees from the context of social housing in Scotland although the general principals in this blog will be relevant to other…
Social Housing Management: Bypassed Electrical Meters
In this blog I will be discussing a recent case where we discovered an electrical pre-paid meter which had been bypassed. I will give a brief summary of the incident along with…
Social Housing Management: Electrical Code of Practice
In this blog I will be discussing the new Code of Practice for the Management of Electrotechnical Care in Social Housing. I will give a brief outline the document itself and…
Social Housing Management: Electrical Safety Awareness
I recently had an article published in the October 2018 edition of the Ignite magazine called 'Electrical Safety Synergy'. The article was based on the content of this blog.…
Social Housing Management: Forced Entry for Gas Servicing
Forced entry sounds like a very harsh term. In Scotland it is fairly well established procedure to force access on or before the anniversary date of the annual gas safety…
Social Housing Management: Electrical Certificates
There are a few different types of electrical certificates that you will come across when working within the social housing sector. Its important to know the differences…
Social Housing Management: Writing Electrical Safety Policies
I recently completed writing the electrical safety policy and procedure for my organisation with assistance from colleagues. It was a key priority for me after completing the…
Social Housing Management: Gaining Access to Complete EICR's
This post is going to be focused on the issue of gaining access to socially rented properties in Scotland for carrying out electrical installation condition reports. The focus…
Social Housing Management: Controlling Wild Bird Infestations
For anyone who has lived close by to seagulls will know how much of a pest they can be. They are very loud and love to screech early in the morning and throughout the day.…
Social Housing Management: HMO's and Electrical Safety
The purpose of this blog is to give a brief introduction into what a HMO is and what Scottish landlords need to do in regards to electrical safety in regards to HMO's. The…
Roofing Industry Update: 2018 Amendment to BS 5534
BS 5534 was first put into place in 1978 and over the years has been updated and now it has become a fairly substantial document which covers all the roofing components in…
Social Housing Management: CO Detector Activation's
Carbon Monoxide (CO) is an invisible, odourless and tasteless gas produced by any fuel-burning appliance. As you can probably guess the above picture is for dramatic…
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