Grass Cutting

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Sun 12 Oct, 2008 8:52 pm

Jusy a thought does any one check there work i dont mean when they first take on the job. If not why not another thing nothing to do with grass cutting but to do with the council checking work done when a new building site needs to connect to the services ie water ect the road is dug up. After say twelve months or so the trench that they dug as sunk this is often left for years. When it gets so bad that it is dangerous the road has to be resurfaced who foots the bill? Ps There are roads in Pudsey that have been dug up that many times they look like spiders webs.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 9:44 am

sundowner wrote: chameleon wrote: Lilysmum wrote: David Raven wrote: bramley13 wrote: ... try finding the horsforths firm who does the grass cutting.i asked a so called grass cutter for the phone number.began with f then oxx nice guy.its not on the net If it was Glendale, then you can contact them via their website:-http://www.glendale-services.co.uk/ Just had a look at Glendale's website! Who are they trying to kid"Delivering green service excellence" I think not!I have had no joy ringing the council so far so I'm going to contact Glendale direct first thing Monday and ask what their definition of excellence is exactly and offer to send them some photos of their standard of work to use on their website that will give potential customers a better idea of what they can expect from Glendale and it's certainly not "Quality,value and innovation" That is what your Councilors are for - if you don't think you're being listened to, badger them for help - they have a duty to ensure propriety on our behalf - and want our votes! Hi Chameleon What gets me is that the councilors see what we see they must know what is going on but nothing is done untill they get lots of complaints Dont they pay council tax as well? Being good friends with three local councilors I asked them about Glendale and the shoddy work and asked why they were allowed to continue. All THREE said they had NOT received one complaint thus far!!!! Maybe the councilors of various areas have had little or no complaints made to them. They will act if people complain. However, if no one voices concerns they don't know of the problem do they. Mind you, they have all said ( the three I know) that they have complained in chambers about the work.

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 6:52 pm

Exactly my point simon - we all know how these contractors 'work' - people need to shout at the right people to be heard, and keep shouting until things improve!

bramley13 · Post by **bramley13** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 8:10 pm

ive sent glendale an e mail,explaining how rubbish the work is.ifthey reply ill let you all know

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 8:19 pm

I rang my councillor today and he wasn't available but got a call back from his assistant,she had made enquiries to Glendale and they said that the contract is to cut the grass approximately every two weeks reducing it to every 4/5 weeks when the grass dosen't grow as much!!It's not in their contract to collect grass clippings but the man with the blower ensures that any mess is blown back onto the verges!! yeh right!! Allegedly they are in my area again next week which is strange as they were here last monday and one of the managers is going to come and inspect the work..........and I shall be waiting for him!!! I also sent an e-mail to Glendale and have been on the fixmystreet website where you can report problems in your postcode area and a copy gets sent direct to the relevant department ie.roads,footpaths etc.The woman I spoke to also asked for any photos I have to be sent to her so I have been out with my camera and got some shots of the mess still left from last week.

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 10:58 pm

Keep bugging your councilors people. It's the only way owt improves!!!

Post by **chameleon** » Mon 13 Oct, 2008 11:24 pm

simonm wrote: Keep bugging your councilors people. It's the only way owt improves!!! Your local Councillors are your representatives, your voice, your way to speak to the people employed to look after our City - be sure you have precise examples of the workmanship and attitudes, no good simply saying 'they're no good'!

Lilysmum · Post by **Lilysmum** » Tue 14 Oct, 2008 11:34 am

Lilysmum wrote: I have been having an ongoing battle with the council about the state the grass cutting contractors leave our streets in since the beginning of the year.......and got nowhere.Also a couple of weeks ago I went to the cemetery to put some flowers on my hubby's grave and they had been let loose in there too!!Two numptys careering round on kabota machines, knocking over gravestones and churning the place up.To add insult to injury one of the blokes chucked the remains of the sarnie he was eating onto someones grave.I got onto the cemeteries dept and was assured the matter would be looked into and someone would get back to me and guess what ? not heard a thing!!Im not normally a complainer but these contractors are being paid to do a job and not doing it.Grrrr After contacting my local councilors office yesterday I've had a call from a chap from the cemeteries dept.today regarding the mess and damage being done and he was keen to arrange a meeting on site to discuss it so I have arranged to meet him at Guiseley cemetery on 10th Nov.(can't make it sooner because I'm away on holiday) At last someone has listened so it seems the way forward is get your councilor on the case in the first instance rather than being fobbed off and told "someone will look into it"

rangieowner · Post by **rangieowner** » Tue 14 Oct, 2008 2:08 pm

RESULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

simonm · Post by **simonm** » Tue 14 Oct, 2008 2:27 pm

chameleon wrote: simonm wrote: Keep bugging your councilors people. It's the only way owt improves!!! Your local Councillors are your representatives, your voice, your way to speak to the people employed to look after our City - be sure you have precise examples of the workmanship and attitudes, no good simply saying 'they're no good'! Of course. They'll not even entertain silly comments like "their [edited for content]" Give them exact info about shoddy work practices and they WILL, if their any good, try to sort it.