Contractor's Role

Great Yarmouth Community Housing use contractors to maintain the following located in communal housing areas:

• Hedges

• Grass Areas

• Shrub Beds

• Trees

• Sweeping and  Spraying

• Fly Tips

• WindowCleaning

• Communal Wheeled Bin Areas

Grass Areas
Cut every 22 days between March and November with Warden Service Areas cut every 18 days and Middlegate every 8 days. Each area adjacent to a footpath is edged up every four years.

Shrub Beds
Prunded and tidied annually between October and Apri. They are litter picked and a Health & Safety check is carried out to remove any overhang, every eight days between June and September with the Middlegate area between March and September

Hedges
Are pruned twice a year in May and October

Trees
Regularly inspected for safety and structural issues with remedial work being undertaken on a risk basis

Spraying/Sweeping
All car parks, drying areas, footpaths and paved areas are sprayed three times a year in March July and October. The same areas are also swept when issues are identified. The Middlegate area is swept fortnightly

Fly Tips
Are investigated and removed within seven days of being reported

Window Cleaning
Windows in stairwells that are not accessible from a standing position are cleaned bi-monthly

Communal Wheeled Bin Areas
The bins are cleaned / deodorised and the storage areas are swept annually between April and May

*Please note that all of these services may be subject to change during adverse weather conditions

To contact us online regarding the services above, please use the contact form to the right hand side.

Please  click here (132Kb) to view the caretaking cleaning timetable