New repairs team will fix it for housing group
Tenants of Linstone Housing are set to benefit from a new repairs contract with a Renfrewshire business.
Linstone Housing has appointed locally-based Consilium Contracting Services on a two-year contract, with the potential for it to be extended for up to five years.
Starting on April 1, Consilium will handle the day-to-day repairs which arise in tenants’ homes.
Linstone owns more than 1,550 properties within Renfrewshire, largely in Johnstone and Linwood.
The firm will also deal with so-called “void” properties which have been vacated by previous tenants and need to be prepared for new occupants.
Frank Boyle, Linstone’s director of assets and property services, said the new contract will provide improvements on its existing repairs services and help deliver on tenants’ understandably-high expectations.
Frank said: “An outstanding repairs service figures highly in the things that matter most to our tenants and getting repairs right first time and carried out quickly is essential.
“Therefore we are delighted to have appointed Consilium, who share our vision to develop a partnership that works towards delivering excellence in all that we do.
“Having a locally-based, quality repairs service which is second to none and delivers value for money for Linstone is our expectation from this contract”
Consilium are a fastgrowing business based in Linwood with offices in Fife, Berwickshire and Inverclyde. It provides a wide range of maintenance and construction services to a variety of clients.
Consilium managing director Paul McGrath – who was born and raised in Renfrewshire - said: “We are delighted to be have been appointed by Linstone Housing and look forward to a partnership that really delivers for tenants. Consilium is well aware of the outstanding reputation Linstone has as a local housing provider and the importance to tenants of a first-rate repairs service.
“Like Linstone, we are proud of our Renfrewshire roots and know only too well what a significant contribution housing associations like Linstone make - not just in terms of good housing - but by supporting communities where tenants live.”
As is common practice with the awarding of housing association contracts, a “community benefits” undertaking will be delivered by Consilium.