Grounds Maintenance
The association aims to provide a suitable grounds maintenance service to all properties, both on a private basis and to communal garden areas.
The Service
The garden maintenance service includes the following tasks:
- Grass cutting (cuttings are not collected)
- Sweeping of footpaths and hard surfaces
- Cutting of grass edges next to hard surfaces and shrub beds
- Reforming of grass edges
- Hoeing and applying weed-killer to flower-beds
- Trimming shrubs that are overhanging paths, obstructing sight lines or blocking light
- Dead heading roses
- Collecting and removing litter and debris from schemes
- Trimming hedges
- Pruning shrubs
- Inspecting and pruning trees where necessary
- Applying weed-killer where necessary
Additional Works
Residents may request additional garden maintenance works to be undertaken, which might include:
- Removal of shrubs or trees
- Additional planting
- Additional pruning
- Scheme alterations
- Scheme re-development
Salting and Gritting
Grit Bins
Grit bins are provided at all Pickering and Ferens Homes schemes and contain a mixture of salt and grit.
Icy Conditions
When the weather is wintery and footpaths become icy the association will assess the situation and where possible Pickering and Ferens Homes will attempt to salt and grit footpaths which belong to them.
In particular the association’s grounds maintenance contractor will attempt to ensure communal footpaths are gritted.
Residents are requested not to sweep away salt and grit if the weather becomes warmer as it can quickly deteriorate at anytime and salt and grit already provided can help stop footpaths becoming dangerous.
Residents
Residents may use the salt and grit provided within the grit bins to tend to their own pavements, should they wish to.
Contact
Should a resident have a particular concern over a certain area then please contact the Maintenance Section on: (01482) 212360. The association is not responsible for the salting and gritting of public footpaths or highways.
Excessive Adverse Conditions
The association’s ability to salt and material for salting and gritting footpaths may be delayed due to conditions beyond our control; for example, excessive snow fall. In addition services may be adversely affected at weekends and bank holidays due to the limited availability of the workforce and material for salt and gritting
