Keeping Outdoor Communal Areas Safe and Clean

As we head into the warmer months, spending time outdoors becomes more of a possibility. For tenement owners that might mean using the communal outdoor area more often. Who can use the communal outdoor area? Most people who live in a tenement block have access to the back communal outdoor area, such as a garden …

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Lets Talk with Louis Daillencourt

Lets Talk hears episode 63 cover the topic of shared repairs within tenements and housing blocks. The City of Edinburgh Council recruited Novoville as part of the Scottish Government ‘CivTech programme’ for the specific purpose of solving the challenges faced when dealing with maintenance issues in shared areas. Described as a ‘game changer’, the app …

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Lets Talk with Jo Parry-Geddes

Jo Parry-Geddes joins Gillian for episode 23 of Lets Talk. The Senior Conservation Architect with Mill Architects discusses the recent proposals being put forward to the Scottish Government by The Scottish Parliamentary Working Group on Tenement Maintenance. With tenements accounting for 24% of Scotland’s housing stock and 29% of them built pre-1919, there has been …

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