Nothing to Worry About ….Oh, Wait!

Day 686
Now 358 days after Thistle’s E.ON contract failed on 30/11/16
Now 023 days after Thistle’s E.ON contract failed on 31/10/17

Other than the close wiring for the still unexplained and very mythical door entry systems paid for eighteen months ago and to be installed at some point, some how, some time in the unknown future, of which there is more to come with Thistle’s management issuing fallacious denials to the First Minister, Thistle and their no longer best pals in E.ON have managed to get back the wee band of labourers (rather nice guys, BTW), to fix and repair low level faults to the External Wall Insulation (EWI), problems which have existed for much more than a year (since August 2016), pointed out and emphasised by residents and completely ignored by Thistle management.

The work to the EWI being done today, in the rain and in temperatures less than 5 degrees Celcius, completely against Rockwool’s instruction. Must be a special Arctic waterproof silicone sealant the untrained labourers are using.

The best time to do this work? After weeks and months of little to no workers onsite, despite Thistle’s promises, in writing to residents, of 6 October 2017, now desperately attempting to get it done by the end of whatever throw away completion date of the end of November. In the rain and in an ambient temperature which is far too low. That’s just fine as it will mark Thistle’s Major Works Programme being exactly a year late. One week to go.

Oh, but wait a minute, it’s now to be finished for Christmas. Not the end of November 2016 or the end of July 2017 or the end of October 2017 or even end of November 2017.

Remember this, a year ago?

Last year, Rutherglen Reformer, 6 December 2016

Now, two weeks short of a whole year later, we have this…

Rutherglen Reformer, 22 November 2017

“Should be finished by Christmas”. Should be??? Sounds a tad familiar, eh? The difference a year makes but in Thistle management’s strange world, seemingly none at all.

Images taken this morning, Thursday 23 November 2017. Light rain, no wind, water not being caught by gutters. Two or three years down the line, how will this look, how will YOUR building look?

Rutherglen Reformer, 22 November 2017. Thistle & E.ON’s view on whatever world they live in. Black is white, up is down.

Of course, all of this doesn’t include the attention required to the major defects such as the rainwater pouring down building elevations (see example above), suspect window cills, chimney breasts not correctly built, window installations incomplete and, to say again, door systems in more than forty closes plus the long, long list of snagging work to be finished.

It’ll all be done for Christmas. Let’s see.

Meanwhile, Thistle stays silent.

Let Caroline Know
If you have any complaints regarding the Major Works Programme, you should, in the first instance, contact Thistle Housing. Any verbal discussions should always be confirmed by either an email or by letter as there seem to be too many instances whereby conversations have been ‘forgotten’.
If all else fails and no satisfaction is obtained from Thistle, your local MSP is Nicola Sturgeon whose Constituency Manager, Caroline Scott, has a large and growing list of complaints and images from residents throughout Toryglen. There is no point in moaning about the faults in your house, no point in phoning Thistle as they have simply lost the plot and are panicking.
Have a quick blether with Caroline to discuss the detail of your case already in the hands of Thistle. She’s on the ball on behalf of constituents who feel that they are getting no satisfaction from Thistle Housing.

Her telephone number is 0141 424 1174

More contact information is available here

Remember, you must deal only with Thistle Housing as Thistle has forbidden you to discuss problems with third party contractors.
First and second parties are you and Thistle Housing, the two parties who made the Agreement.
Every other party is third and not bound by the agreement you made with Thistle. Third parties are therefore, E.ON and any subcontractors.
Thistle Housing employs and pays, at Association expense, Jeff Poulter’s small company of convenience who, in turn, employs and pays him. His company is therefore third party. Similarly, anyone employed by, for example, City Building, is also third party.