You pay your rent where???????

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Tue 18 Sep, 2007 7:22 pm

Today I walked past where Armley rent office used to be. And it got me wondering about where people who pay rent have to go now. I remember there used to be a rent office on Henconner Lane, but that's long gone. So, as the post offices are getting less and less (including Armley which is closing soon) is there anywhere that people can take good old cash. Or is it assumed that everyone has a bank account and will pay by direct debit?

Phill_d · Post by **Phill_d** » Tue 18 Sep, 2007 8:12 pm

It's all at the post office these days. like you say what's left of them! You do allsorts in there nowadays thanks to plastic swipe cards! Gone are the days when the rent man used to call & you had to hide behind the sofa if your dad was on a 3 day week. You used to get the milkman, popman & allsorts knocking at your door untill the villains started banging them over the head!

magic · Post by **magic** » Tue 18 Sep, 2007 8:34 pm

We pay are rent over the phone with our debit card, sorry my debit card wont let the other half get hold of that!

sulkycat · Post by **sulkycat** » Tue 18 Sep, 2007 9:16 pm

I think it's part & parcel of 'revitalising Armley' - slowly but surely shut it all down bit by bit (except the scary people's bench near the betting shop, that's indestructible), then pretending it never existed at all. They shut the post office & shunted it into a corner of the chemist, that was bizarre enough,I didn't know they were planning on axing it totally.Someone told me there are plans afoot to turn Armley Town Street into an Arndale Centre type of thing ?Moving here was a total culture shock, and it's just getting more & more strange!

jf · Post by jf » Wed 19 Sep, 2007 12:10 am

Armley Town Street is set to be part of a proposed conservation area, or at least the good parts of it, from Armley Mills right up to past the Barleycorn. The tatty 60's parade is owned by a landlord based down south who has no interest in doing it up (so no Arndale centre that I know of). There's also plans for Mike's Carpets, but again has been some problems negotiating with the owner. The other shops aren't bad, and there's some nice independent stores still hanging in there - the joke shop, cake decoration shop, Skeltons and others. There is money to be spent in the next couple of years on putting in a new pavement and some landscaping, including replacing the ugly railings. If the heritage conservation bid is successful (it's between Armley and Chapletown) then potentially a few million will also be coming this way. If you're local then a good way to find out about these things is to go to the monthly council forum at Armley Library, on the third Tuesday each month at 7pm (there was one tonight which involved a presentation on the plans for Tower Works).The Post Office is losing money and the co-op (who run it) don't want to maintain this - they have to pay a large amount for the franchise but don't make enough to cover this, particularly as a lot of people now get their benefits paid directly so have no reason to go in there. It will cause problems for a lot of people as the other nearby PO at Moor Top was shut a few years ago. There's one on Tong Road but it's a fair trek for a lot of people and not really big enough. I'm sure something will have to be sorted out as this is an essential facility for a lot of people, especially pensioners in the tower blocks behind the current PO. Residents are likely to kick up a stink if it goes.

parksider · Post by **parksider** » Wed 19 Sep, 2007 7:15 pm

I know some private landlords..the dodgy rachman types insist on cash..My friend lived in a rented property ,he came every thursday night ansd insisted on cash..Dont know about the council house rents..personally i think the private landlords..are vultures in the main..but thats just my opinion..Im sure there are some good ones..tonight i drove past Shaftesbury house in Beeston,which has been a blot on the landscape for some years now,and was pleased to see that it has been bought to build flats..eco friendley ones..the most advanced in Europe..it says..970 flats i think..prices from £67,000...cheersParksider

carrotol · Post by **carrotol** » Fri 21 Sep, 2007 7:34 pm

Are they waiting til Armley is dead so that the improvements (if they ever arrive) will look more impressive.I think all the pensioners who use the Post Office should have a sit in. Obviously taking their own fold up chairs. Although saying that, it's like a sit in at every visit because the queue in the Armley Post Office only needs to have four people in it and it takes forever to get served so I usually take a book (a big one), sandwiches, drinks and a portaloo ; )

sulkycat · Post by **sulkycat** » Fri 21 Sep, 2007 8:17 pm

agree totally , armley post office is one of the slowest i have ever been to - tho theres a lovely view of loo rolls & washing powderthe loo rolls might be handy for your portaloo??!

Scandy Bramley · Post by **Scandy Bramley** » Sat 22 Sep, 2007 3:54 am

jf wrote: Armley Town Street is set to be part of a proposed conservation area, or at least the good parts of it, from Armley Mills right up to past the Barleycorn. The tatty 60's parade is owned by a landlord based down south who has no interest in doing it up (so no Arndale centre that I know of). There's also plans for Mike's Carpets, but again has been some problems negotiating with the owner. The other shops aren't bad, and there's some nice independent stores still hanging in there - the joke shop, cake decoration shop, Skeltons and others. There is money to be spent in the next couple of years on putting in a new pavement and some landscaping, including replacing the ugly railings. If the heritage conservation bid is successful (it's between Armley and Chapletown) then potentially a few million will also be coming this way. If you're local then a good way to find out about these things is to go to the monthly council forum at Armley Library, on the third Tuesday each month at 7pm (there was one tonight which involved a presentation on the plans for Tower Works).The Post Office is losing money and the co-op (who run it) don't want to maintain this - they have to pay a large amount for the franchise but don't make enough to cover this, particularly as a lot of people now get their benefits paid directly so have no reason to go in there. It will cause problems for a lot of people as the other nearby PO at Moor Top was shut a few years ago. There's one on Tong Road but it's a fair trek for a lot of people and not really big enough. I'm sure something will have to be sorted out as this is an essential facility for a lot of people, especially pensioners in the tower blocks behind the current PO. Residents are likely to kick up a stink if it goes. So Armluh (after a brief visit to the 70's), will revert to its original primæval state again? With a few dozen chavs thrown in!

sulkycat · Post by **sulkycat** » Sat 22 Sep, 2007 9:34 am

when i first moved here we stood near smack converters & watched the world go by, & thought it must have been 'bring your bandaged relative to armley' day - the sheer amount of shuffling, hobbling, limbs in plaster - its like something out of royston vasey