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  • Good vid

  • Booker and Beast installed a new boiler after ten years of hell with the first one they fitted. Half an hour after they left the upstairs ceilings fell through as they had left so many leaks in the loft. When I complained I was told by a member of staff that I should live in the real world!!!!!

  • Are they insane?????????????????? Good vid!

  • #onereddrop #ifollow We will be following the olympic torch with our banners to as many UK locations as we can from the 01st June onwards please support our campaign by joining us on fb or by tweeting our event. details on our 1066ha site

  • We are organising a protest around Hastings on #bikers day. We need as many stickers as we can get so feel free to contribute. We are promoting this on facebook twitter and also on the cbrxx club site and the Pan european club site having spent most of my life as a motorcycle courier I know we will geta lot of response especially from disabled bikers so if you can help passing out leaflets etc please put your name up.

  • That door still looks too good to have done by B&B. I have worked indirectly for B&B in the past but it is not listed on my CV. I have never worked for any other company that has so many cowboys, and even management caught stealing do not get sacked. I have a lot of photos of their poor diy,er style of workmanship as I have had to put it right, and again, those people remain within the company.

  • 'onereddrop, turn facebook red on the 03rd october in protest at the cuts that are going to hurt us all.

  • the new electricians finished rewiring yesterday, they ripped out all of the previous rewiring put in by booker and best ltd because they said it was no good

  • Hi if you pushed the door in an emergency it would fall off so no barrier to smoke.

    And what's the Electric lead doing there??.

    Paul

  • Demonstrate at Hastings Town Hall from 2.pm 16th August 2010 Move onto the beach for a mini festival... Music Sun (hopefully) and make Hastings council wake up to the fact that Discrimination in any form is no longer acceptable!

  • horendous story, we know another disabled tenant that we tried to help, his actions against local drug dealers resulted in one being jailed but then the tenant involvement ended and he was left with terrible abuse from his neighbours, he tried everything including video`s up on youtube but in the end, he gave up.

    Amicus Horizon Changing the Face of Social Housing to Anti Social Housing

  • We are having a week of leaflet posting highlighting the increasing number of Disabled tenants being victimised-ignored-Hated by Amicus Horizon Housing Association simply because they have a reasonable complaint.Soon we will be offering free window stickers and bumper stickers.Support us because we are supporting you!

  • 1066ha. 22nd/05/10.

    Been going through our tapes and noticed that a Booker and Best builder warned us that the lower six feet of our interior supporting wall has been substituted sometime in the past with 2x2 and plasterboard, I wonder could that be why the floor upstairs dips? should I move my piano?

    I wonder why how top Amicus Horizon Surveyor Ron Grimmer could have missed that one...

  • If you have ever worked for Amicus Horizon and you are willing to share information on their policies towards disabled tenants/repairs/use of complaints procedure please contact us. Anonymity Guaranteed.

  • Join us on facebook, you can help us, help us help others, or if you need it allow us to help you, or none of the above drop by and play guitar, jam, learn, teach. If you are looking for a Hastings builder might be wise to check our site first

  • Please visit our website and sign our petition. Disability discrimination is a dreadful crime Amicus Horizon believe that it does not apply to social housing please help us to show them they are wrong

  • Congratulations to Robert Poile who was last week awarded £41,000 damages from Amicus Horizon who also must spend an estimated further £50,000 repairing his house. Amicus Horizon are a disgrace who are under police investigation and waiting for ther civil cases to be heard but somehow have still not been placed under supervision. If you are being bullied or harassed by this modern day rogue landlord visit our website and we will show you where to get effective help. Thank you for reading this

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  • comments below are copied from our website 1066 housing action and the uk news-politics- bad amicus horizon

  • cl.Hi I know this family and the conditions they have to live with are appalling and he is always in a lot of pain, I have seen the repairs they have done if they were mine I would have taken them to court for damages and would have won a lot of money the condition of the house makes life very difficult and they should be ashamed of themselvesI mean,this is worse than a racial attack they soon get help just say racial and everyone bends over backwards shame on you disability should come first.

  • Witness2009.06/03/2010

    No you are not alone in this I've got to pay £400 a month for a house i can not live in, that's not right can you see a private landlord getting away with that ,council tax is being collected by rother district council, bit dodgy me thinks, doe's this reflect on our chairman Lord C. falconer.

    Its you the public, who are paying for this out of your stoppages in your wage packets report Amicus if you think this is wrong.

  • It is very demeaning to have to publish personal hardship like this on a public site but we do so in the hope of gaining support from ordinary Amicus Horizon tenants who know exactly how difficult they are to deal with because the shameful truth is those who are in a position to help don`t really want to know. The Hastings Observer are far more interested in protecting their big customers like Amicus Horizon and Booker and Best

  • and Hastings council are far to reliant on Amicus Horizon for them to properly protect their constituents so we have to fight the best way that we can and even if it means a loss of dignity or respect we will continue to shine a light on the illegal and deplorable methods employed by Amicus Horizon.

  • Wew received the council inspection report today which basically states that under the housing health and safety act 2004 Amicus Horizon must carry out repairs to every room in our house. It also rejects Booker and Bests inspection and orders the repair of the spread roof and the leaky walls and many other repairs. Thank you Hastings council it took nearly five years to get to this but thats because Amicus Horizon are happy to break the law.

  • That is one of the big questions that Amicus Horizon refuse to answer. Why do they continue to use Booker and Best their record is dreadful and even when other authorities (Rother Council) stop using them because of a lack of quality Amicus Horizon still insist on inflicting them on their tenants it makes you wonder how they get these contracts.

  • thats ok i work for a building company and have tried approaching amicus to offer services but booker and best have a contract and i never get newhere to try and do work with them

  • this door is dreadful, i hear so many bad comments about booker and bests crafsmanship, if the metal door lining was a problem then it should have been removed and a timber one put in, it is absolute rubbish that a handle canot be fitted, you get recessed finger handles which are slim line and enable the door to slide past the lining, the head of the door is the most important as smoke rises and there should be smoke / fire strips around the perimeter

  • Hi daz. I think that they assume that the water dripping from the ceilings will quench any flames. The quality of their work is very poor indeed and amicus horizon (our landlords) have an even worse record for repairs. Thank you very much for taking the time to comment it is very much appreciated

  • Hastings Council

    Notice of entry; Housing Act 2004 Sec 239

    Regarding your complaint concerning the conditions at your dwelling, I am writing to confirm that I shall be visiting the above mentioned property on 16th Feb

    I have also notified the owner of the property that I am undertaking an inspection, as I am required to do by sec239 of the Housing Act 2004. I have also however, also advised the owner that there is no req that he be present when I inspect your accommodation

    D Palmer STO

  • 29th, January 2010

    Booker and Best came round today and took photographs of our new door which I have no objection to because if you are into doors it is a very fine example of good workmanship

    (continued next message)

  • but I do think it is very rude and not very nice to come into my house without even letting me know that he was here and to start taking photographs without asking. I know that many will think that I am being too picky and maybe its true because we don`t exactly have a good relationship but the fact is I do think it is wrong.

    It is also a great pity that he did not take photographs of the damaged lounge ceiling-the damaged bathroom wall-the damaged bedroom ceiling- the cracked

  • front wall-the water dripping from the light fittings-the stairs-the missing insulation from the loft-the roof spread-the damaged clothes-and so on. I am very happy that they have finally fitted my door they have done an excellent job but the facts are (as the photographs will show) that this is not a typical example of an Amicus Horizon installation and neither is it a typical example of workmanship by Booker and Best for a social housing landlord.

  • This is one of those escape prosecution jobs that could not have been given more grudgingly.

    My gas is back on but they did not photograph that either.

    So I am genuinely and sincerely grateful that this door has now been properly installed and is now no longer a danger but it is really nothing more than a very delayed replacement to a very dangerous and faulty installation. The fact is they finally did one thing the way it was meant to be done in the first place.

  • When Amicus Horizon sent us 28,000 bank details by mistake the Hastings Observer leapt on that but they choose to let the badguys off the hook with everything else. Booker and Best and A.H are advertisers they know who to tread on and who not to I think that Amicus Horizon will not be able to bully or grovel when these cases start. Also we are now trying to help a few others who want to take their complaints before a court especially in regard to works by Booker and Best for Amicus Horizon.

  • Michael Foster

    Are you ever going to look into the behaviour of Amicus Horizon and question the control they have over our council. Serious complaints of mortgage irregularities-disability discrimination-unjustified threats of eviction-serious building irregularities-serious gas safety issues-serious smoke alarm issues and countless cases where they have refused to even accept complaints. I suppose the answer is that you were unaware google 1066ha and see what kind of charity you r supportin

  • Hi, A visitor to your website has posted a message to your guest book You may review and publish the same by logging into the website manager. Following are the details of the new post to the guest book:

    Name: David xxxxxx Country: BRITAIN Date: 19 Jan 2010 14:07:12 GMTComment: Good luck with what you are doing in Hastings lets hope this kind of attitude is emulated by the rest of the country

  • Subject: I admire your website

    Hello there

    I saw the example of a door hung by Booker and Best and could not pass by without commenting as you requested.

    Me and my husband are landlords but the block where we own our flat is managed by 1066 Housing Association and Amicus Horizon. We tried to do something similar to your website on behalf of leaseholders but didnt manage to rustle up much support.

  • We have a lovely tenant who I am sure will not put up much longer with the bad management of repairs in our block and the poor state of the roof which means her bedrooms are damp all the time. I am writing to let you know that we, too, are very unhappy with the state of workmanship of Booker and Best. They have tried lots of roof repairs and we have made endless complaints but all falls on deaf ears.

    Well done to you.

  • Just on the off chance that any visitors might have any expert legal knowledge I was wondering if our landlord Amicus Horizon could be pursued for benefit fraud? they do promise to supply suitable housing in return for the rent benefit that they receive from thousands of tenants if some of those properties or parts of are uninhabitable or not fit for use because of their failings are they still entitled to accept those payments?

  • Morrisons new contract:The second new London based partnership, subject to normal completion agreements, is with AmicusHorizon for the provision of repairs, maintenance and voids services to its properties in London, the South and South East. The contract is valued at £19 million over five years, with an option to extend it for a further three years.

  • Sam said take a look so I have. I am not a door expert but by the look of your vid neither are your landlords. Booker and Best will not be fitting any doors in my house. Take Care

  • Hi thnx for looking. New Announcement by Morrisons:The second new London based partnership, subject to normal completion agreements, is with AmicusHorizon for the provision of repairs, maintenance and voids services to its properties in London, the South and South East. The contract is valued at £19 million over five years, with an option to extend it for a further three years.

  • Robert

    comment below is another reason why i believe amicus horizon needs a new director and a new board, the audit comissition awarded rother homes managed by amicus horizon one star,are they not scared of losing it! Kindest regards robert poile please can you update this to your most wonderful forum 1066.

  • Good luck Robert & Rachel

  • :Rachel

    hi guys i wonder why have i got photos of a boiler with a warning sticker from 2007 stating do not remove upto £5000 fine do not switch on upto £5000 fine ,then two stickers stating landlords certificates 2008,2009 however warning sticker still presant, it is stuck on the boiler because the flue is damaged,i cannot believe that the people who live in this property in beckley have been let down by s walker who i told some weeks ago that he had problems with the flues in this property.

  • I think its disgusting that a disabled person has to fight in this way it should be seen to straight away not put to the back of the list and then have such shoddy workmanship you should be ashamed of yourselves amicus horizon

  • Despite everything that we have done their attitude has not changed one little bit but a simple search on google revealed their true colors we are not the only victims of amicus horizon or 1066 housing or any of the other names that they have used

  • Mr John Lawson-Smith who advises us that a new ruling was passed in the high court in June which in effect rules that All housing associations/charities from now on will be treated as "Public Bodies" this ruling gives new and extra protection to social housing tenants

  • Robert Poile from beckley says to Amicus Horizon: how can you leave illiegally fitted gas boilers at beckley at coombs cottages 5 families are living with potentially life threatening boilers as their gas flues are too close to windows and combustible materials can be blown into their homes. Have you got a special arrangement with gasafe to ignore safety regulations. Surely it would be better to send a gas safe registered plumber to inspect instead sophie sullivan our housing manager.

  • I`m not 100% certain on this but I think if you suspect there are any dangerous gas faults you can report them directly to the gas board number will be on any gas meter and they would disconnect/fix or condemn any dangerous installations

  • Booker and Bests bodgit and scarper attitude cost me and my husband a small fortune and complaining got me nowhere. Its about time they were scrutinized by someone Good Luck!

  • Booker and Best and Amicus Horizon caused over five thousand pounds worth of damage to my property and all I got was a cheque for forty pounds and an explanation that it is not policy to pay for damage that they cause. Our housing manager has refused to answer our correspondence or keep any appointments but he was the one who barred the children from the leisure centre so that just about says it all.

  • amicus horizon scamed all the kids out of a football kit, and now there doing it on fixing peoples properties, and if they was to do that door for me i wouldn't except it, its really dangerous, poor job!!

  • We`re not accepting it we just don`t want top be forced to have allow booker and best back into our home. We want it done properly not a bodgit and scarper job. No one here has forgotten what they did scamming the kids.

  • I am a door and window fitter and I have seen some bad installations in my time but this is one of the worst good luck with it all. Dave.

  • Our landlord now claims it`s okay just lacking in quality even though they stated on tape that they agreed it is dangerous.

  • ROTHER COUNCIL SAY

    It was envisaged that Booker and Best would offer Rother District Council access to a wide range of trades including carpentry, painting/decorating, brick laying, plumbing and electrical.

    In reality there have been some concerns about the ability of the contractor to provide this range of trades to an acceptable quality, response time or at a competitive rate.

    Booker and Best regularly fail to achieve good performance standards.

  • that is disgraceful.

  • That is standard quality for us from our landlord

  • Director of Services

    Risk Assessment Statement

    It is likely that the performance of Booker and Best will continue to give concern

    Despite client efforts to effectively manage the contract and ensure an efficient responsive repairs service Booker and Best regularly fail to achieve good performance standards. Non-urgent minor repairs remain outstanding for excessive periods of time and the cost to the Council in terms of management effort and one-off al

  • they call that a fire door? that's disgraceful. booker and best should be ashamed of themselves and so should the carpenter who fitted it.

  • the carpenter only does what booker and best tell him to do and booker and best do what amicus horizon tell them to all I know is that none of them knopw how to fit a door

  • thats the worst door fitting i have ever seen are they a reputable company?

  • Not in my eyes they`re not and we had an email from robert another of their victims and an amicus horizon tenant he said he does`nt allow them in his home anymore

  • not in my eyes, not any more

  • Booker and Best did my roof 3 times and it got worse with each repair

  • At least you can get in and out lol

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