Caretaking and grounds maintenance

In 2010 we consulted with all of our customers who receive a regular caretaking service to find out what you thought of the service. From this consultation you asked us to start doing some grounds maintenance ourselves, providing a more tailored service. For more information about the caretaking and grounds maintenance service, use the links below.

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Caretaking
The caretaking team provide a regular service to a number of schemes that have voted to have a caretaking service. Duties vary from scheme to scheme as they are indivdually tailored to meet the needs of the customers and the scheme itself. The service we provide is paid for by you, as part of your service charges.

We have a Caretaking Monitoring Panel who help us make sure the service is running smoothly. If you would like to find out more about what they do and how to join, please go to the Caretaking Monitoring Panel page.

Our caretakers' main duties are:

• litter picking
• removing graffiti
• removing fly-tipped items
• sweeping and weeding paths
• mopping floors
• reporting repairs
• replacing bulbs
• carrying out health & safety checks

Responsive caretaking
We also have a responsive caretaking service for all areas even if they do not receive a regular caretaking service. This is for more urgent issues such as removing needles or syringes and removing offensive graffiti. If you need to report a responsive caretaking issue you should call 01626 322722 or e-mail: info@teignhousing.co.uk

Target times for responsive caretaking

24 hours
Removal of needles and syringes
Removal of offensive graffiti
Removal of broken glass

48 hours
Removal of fly-tipped goods
Removal of moss when it's a safety issue
Replenishing grit bins

7 days
Removal of non-offensive graffiti
Cutting back overhanging branches

10 days
Urgent moss removal
Litter picking

20 days
Weeding
Erection of signs

30 days
Sweeping car parks and pathways
Jet-washing
Installing and re-staining benches
Non-urgent moss removal

Grounds Maintenance
We have split all of your homes into three areas. Our caretaking team maintain the grounds in one area and we have appointed two contractors to look after the other two areas. This allows us to have more control, making it a better service for you.

Area 1
The maintenance of communal grassed areas, shrub beds and small hedges will be carried out by our team of caretakers. However, some of these areas have large hedges and grassed areas that will be picked up by one of our other contractors. For details on which contractor will carry out which works then please e-mail: info@teignhousing.co.uk or call 01626 322722.  

Area 2
This contract will be managed by Glendale Grounds Management Ltd.

Area 3
This contract will be managed by English Landscapes.

To find out which area you are in and who your contractor is, download the grounds maintenance area list.