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Friday, May 3, 2024
Ecosafe Group, a leading construction, building and maintenance company in the South West of England, is pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted for the Affordable Housing Award for Homebuilder of the Year - Independent. This prestigious award recognises Ecosafe Group's outstanding contributions to the affordable housing sector, particularly...
A fundraising event in association with ‘At the Flicks’ Film Podcast. Live podcast recording and Q&A with the director and homeless advocate Steve Gower.  Join us for a one-off event to raise the funds to finish the documentary. Stroud based film podcast ‘At The Flicks’ are hosting and recording an interview with...
The shock announcement came in a letter to all six homes, at the South Street Almshouses; it is signed by Keith Day, (who only returned as a Trustee of the Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust/Dantay/DTAT seven weeks ago, after suddenly resigning in April 2022) but tenant’s believe it has ‘all...
A recently appointed Trustee of a Housing Charity in Bridport has resigned after less than three months in post. The shock departure means the Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust (now called Dantay and now a Charity rather than a Trust) is, once again, ‘inquorate’ meaning it cannot properly operate. In the last...
Brits will never understand this and will keep saying their houses are very well-built, they last for centuries and so on, but as a foreigner, I know very well what you mean. Yes, houses in Britain do last for centuries. So they’re not badly built in this meaning. It’s more...
According to Nationwide, the number of consecutive monthly falls in UK home prices in December was the longest since 2008. According to the building society's monthly poll, all regions of the country saw a substantial slowdown in annual house price increase as the year came to a close, to the...
Nicholas Webster of Victoria Park, Dorchester, has lived at his Magna Housing Association abode for nearly nine years. However, the flat he lives in has been damp for over 20 years. He has had this confirmed by former tenants whom have all moved out because of the damp. A court...
Following the publication, earlier this month, of the numerous concerns that Bridport tenants were experiencing as part of a Dorset housing trust it appears that the Chair is being accused of behaving in a 'vindictive' manner. https://dorseteye.com/bridport-tenants-landlords-civil-court-defeat/ A Chair of a Dorset Housing Trust has used threats and intimidation against both...
People living on Britain's coast are not being warned of the serious risks they face from rising sea levels, a world expert has told Sky News. Professor Jim Hall, who is on the prime minister's Council for Science and Technology and internationally recognised for his work on climate risks, said...
Tenants of a 300 year old Bridport housing charity are worried about the future of their homes after their ‘landlord’ lost a civil court claim, costing nearly £40,000. The housing charity, The Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust (DTAT), was also criticised by Judge Lacey at Weymouth County Court because the Trust’s...