Author Archives: Pembury Estate Residents' Association

One of our residents spent years trying to find the right people in Peabody to contact about their problems. Eventually they were able to create a chart about who is responsible for different things in Peabody. The resident has said we can publish it so that other residents can use it to identify the rightContinue reading “Peabody Organogram”

The Residents’ Association, on behalf of residents at 13 Atkins Square, have filed a complaint with the Housing Ombudsman. The complaint deals with the disgraceful way that Peabody have dealt with fire safety at 13 Atkins Square. Download the complaint or view it below. The Housing Ombudsman have asked for individual residents to sign upContinue reading “Housing Ombudsman Complaint about 13 Atkins Square”

Change of parking enforcement company A lot of residents are concerned about the change from Met Parking to PCM. Peabody failed to consult the Residents’ Association about the change from one company to another. As a result, residents have faced problems because PCM does not recognise Met Parking’s permits. The Residents’ Association on 17 FebruaryContinue reading “Parking on the Pembury Estate”

Link to the Peabody Website Peabody have set up a page on their website to answer questions about fire safety at Pembury Circus: https://www.peabody.org.uk/news-views/atkins-square Peabody say that this will be the principal area for their updates and progress on the fire safety and cladding project. Pebaody say that they have sent this link to allContinue reading “New Peabody Website for Pembury Circus Fire Safety”

Peabody’s application brought against the leaseholders of 13 Atkins Square has been granted by the Tribunal. Peabody brought a Tribunal claim against the leaseholders of 13 Atkins Square to allow them to install a new fire alarm system without consultation. They then installed the new system without waiting for the Tribunal’s decision. Whilst the caseContinue reading “Property Tribunal grants dispensation application on 13 Atkins Square”

Holding Peabody to Account – Centralised Repairs Tracker Through PERA committee meetings with Peabody we have implemented a centralised repairs tracker to hold Peabody to account on repairs across the estate. It is a basic log to help us keep track and we are working to develop it further. Schedule of Major Works PERA askedContinue reading “Tracking Peabody’s Repairs”

The residents of 10 Atkins Square drafted the letter below to be sent to Peabody. The letter raises various fire safety issues, and was sent on 4 November 2020 (download the letter): On 26 November 2020, after having been chased repeatedly, Peabody provided the inadequate response below (download the letter): On 7 December 2020 residentsContinue reading “Fire Safety in Pembury Circus: 10 Atkins Square”

On 8 October 2020 the Residents’ Association’s Executive Committee met with senior staff from Peabody, with the aim of improving relationships between residents and Peabody. This is a very long road, but we hope that Peabody may begin to be less antagonistic, and more cooperative, towards residents. What was discussed Peabody apologised for the delayContinue reading “Residents’ Association met with Peabody – some progress made”

Building Dangerous – Waking Watch Started Cladding investigations at 4-10 Atkins Square and 102-104 Hindrey Road took place earlier this summer.  Residents have now have received a letter from Peabody telling them that their homes are arenot safe. It is clear that Peabody had this information for several months, since the inspections its contractors undertook.Continue reading “Fire Safety in Pembury Circus”