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Celebrating 7 years
Tuesday 15th March 2011
On 15th March Fitton Hill residents and staff from Villages celebrated 7 years 
since the stock transfer of the Fitton Hill estate to Villages Housing Association.
- 840 new Kitchens
- 832 new Bathrooms
- 872 Full heating systems
- We are also coming to the end of a £3.4 million Environmental Improvement Programme which has involved:
- With the help of residents and local schools we have planted throughout the estate 220,00 spring bulbs which will bring colour to the estate
- Provided 322 new and refurbished 155 driveways in tenants' front gardens
- In large green spaces, the size of which is equivalent to 4 Wembley football pitches, we have provided over 45 additional resident parking bays, and have planted trees and shrubs.
- To 770 properties we have provided new or refurbished over 7000 square meters of footpath
- To 624 properties we have provided over 7000 square meters of new or refurbished front fencing
- To 529 properties we have provided over 11,000 square meters of new fencing to secure rear gardens
- Provided nearly 1500 front, side and rear gates
- Upgraded existing brick walls with new copings and steel railings to 226 properties
- Refurbished all the parking bays to Keswick and Fir Tree Avenues
- We are installing 42 ornamental street signs which give details of local history
- Provided over 800 new house number plates in a style matching the ornamental street signs.
Vernon Jackson, Chief Executive of Villages Housing, says,
Residents have always expressed high levels of satisfaction with the services they receive from Villages. Our 2010 Status Survey showed overall satisfaction in Fitton Hill was 94.9.
Sheila Davis is an owner occupier from Fitton Hill and says,
"I was on the Villages Stock Transfer Panel. They said they would improve the houses and the estate (new bathrooms, kitchens, windows, central heating and doors)......Yes they did - and to a good standard. They said they'd help schools with new reading systems, extracurricular activities and trips…... Yes they did - and are always helping. They said that their staff would be helpful and polite..…and yes they are. More than just a landlord…..Yes they are!!"
Doris is 73 and a tenant of Villages. She says,
Jean and David Jones are the Mayor and Mayoress of Oldham, Jean was a member of the Fitton Hill Estate management Committee until March 2010. Jean told the Chronicle,
"In my time as a councillor for the area, I saw a vast improvement in the properties themselves and the general environment of the estate. The tenants were pleased with the fact that they had a 'local' housing office with efficient officers and appreciated the quantity and quality of the work completed within their homes.
In fact in my time on the council I never received one complaint about Villages Housing although I did have enquiries from people who wanted to move onto the estate.
As a member of the committee I saw first hand the active involvement of the tenants and residents of the estate and the willingness of the organisation to involve the community in all the services carried out by the association."