Social Housing Refurb

[EH TILING]

Ive been offered a job on the books tiling social housing for a big nationwide company(I wont mention the company name) but after reading this thread sounds like a complete nightmare!!
Has anybody got any positves or am I best off staying well away from it??

 

[Gazzer]

Regular money is a reason. As long as you can take your brain out before you start work, its fine.
Seriously its an option worth thinking about ( not taking your brain out...bad idea)

 

[widler]

just to say i did about 1000 houses and flats in and around lancashire. at 1st everything was fine,we replastered bathrooms/kitchens then tiled with half decent tiles,then as the jobs went on,they got steadly worse,no plastering just tile over the original plaster with 6"x6" british made junk tiles,none the same size,terrible.
i had to stick it out,i was always a month behind with money,and i had 3 lads tiling as well 2 or 3 days a week,as well as my private work,so it mounted up.

the work we churned out was always commented on as real good especially in the time we had,by the lads on site and council clerk of works.
when we finished one phase ready to go on the next i had had enough and left,got paid up no probs.
we had a good crack,the lads we worked with were great,most good tradesmen,the money was good as well,but as someone said,it is disheartning working for jeremy kyle wannabes and asylem seekers who just sit there sponging and smoking weed while you graft in dirty bathrooms/kitchens.
certinly opened my posh eyes:lol:

 

[tfs]

Im not targetting any individual here but perhaps we should leave out the harsh comments about social housing tennants.

I agree that in this type of work you do come across alot of undesirables but not all of the tennants are like that. I have worked in social housing contracts and to be honest many of these peeps deserve a better level of service from the landlords and contractors. Some of these people take pride in their homes and many are hard working people also.

 

[widler]

Im not targetting any individual here but perhaps we should leave out the harsh comments about social housing tennants.

I agree that in this type of work you do come across alot of undesirables but not all of the tennants are like that. I have worked in social housing contracts and to be honest many of these peeps deserve a better level of service from the landlords and contractors. Some of these people take pride in their homes and many are hard working people also.

totally agree,i feel sorry for the good people who live with some of them,unfortunatly,the ones we did,90% were not nice people,not nice at all,and they are getting worse.
i grew up on and around council estates,still go up and around them now to see some of my old mates,have a few beers in my old haunts:drool5:,
and around them,so many changes,and not for the good. it a sad state of affairs

i apologise sincerly if i upset you or anyone with my comments,unfortunatly,all true,i could tell you some storys

 

[EH TILING]

Thought id give it a go with the social housing work, going out next week to start on the kitchens/Bathrooms. Did a couple of toilets and and a couple of kitchens at the companies offices this week, seems ok although adhesive/grout is from travis perkins and trims are too big for the tiles.
Im sure there will be some interesting people living in the upcoming properties- I will let you know.

 

[andy8758]

Good luck with social housing work. I originally learnt my tiling skills from brother-in-law who worked for local council housing services. He taught me how to tile above a bath in under an hour - and that included removing the old tiles and (erm) prepping the substrata - lol!