Church Commissioners short changed loyal residents

6 years ago The Church Commissioners sold of their residential Housing to GraingerGeninvest a 50/50 partnership of Genesis and Grainger.

The sale according to the Church Commissioners surveyor  Paul Clark was to a registered social Landlord and he repeated this time and time again and this was echoed by various other management members.

GraingerGenivest and Pathmeads has managed or should I say mismanaged the Estate for the past 6 years and the level of service that residents had experienced under the Church Commissioners have deteriorated.Repairs seem to take forever, appointments missed and work when completed to a very low standard.

One resident was without any form of heating for a period of 8 months in one of the worst winters on record.To be without Hot water for extended periods is standard and despite many calls no help is forthcoming.

Residents have described the management of the estate as being undertaken by persons who have a could not are less attitude, lack any understanding of residents needs , are totally unsociable and lack any compassion.

Now Genesis have  " SOLD " their 50% share to Grainger , who promis us the same level of service we have enjoyed, we hope not , as we deserve better.

As our MP Kate Hoey stated " The Church Commissioners owe the residents an apology " , whilst that would be a start ,  a full , frank and honest explanation as to why we were deceived at the time of the sale.Why they did not  make safeguards in the sale contract to prevent was has happened now from occuring and they must accept the responsibility for the break up of the community in Waterloo.

The Church Commissioners took the highest bid ,knowing that it was to a Private Landlord  and with no thought about the welfare of their loyal residents, some of which 4 generations had lived on the estate

Are they not ashamed of what they have done.

Luckily the Crown Estate was sold to a truly social Landlord and not to GrainerGeninvest , and who was handling the sale of Crown Estate, the very same Paul Clark , who sold us down the river.