Southwark Council’s contractors Hyperoptic will be using abseilors to install fibre optic broadband cables on the exterior of Simla and Burwash houses beginning on Monday April 29th for approximately one week. The abseilors will be coming down the blocks from the roof and leaving the cables by the balcony of each flat so that ifRead more
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Southern Gas Networks (SGN) have called a halt to the scaffold erection at Simla and Burwash house so that an ecological survey can take place. There was a concern that nesting birds may be affected by the scaffolding so to be on the safe side SGN have arranged for the survey to take place. No furtherRead more
Bermondsey Street Tenants and Residents Association meeting: 5.30pm Thursday 4th April, at Leathermarket JMB office, 26 Leathermarket Street, SE1 3HN Senior council officers would like to talk to us about the application by a developer to divert a main sewer onto Whites Grounds estate. The JMB needs to give you an up-date on the concreteRead more
Hyperoptic, Southwark Council’s contractors installing fibre optic internet broadband cables through out the borough, are working on the Lawson estate today at Middleton House. There will be drilling and dust as they attach the cables to the block. Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Southwark Council’s contractors Hyperoptic are installing fibre optic broadband cables currently on the low rise Kipling estate. They are putting the cables in the existing trunking above front doors so they are not an obstruction or an eyesore. The work involves some drilling and a coil of cable will be left by each front door to enable residents who signRead more
There will be an estate walkabout/inspection with Leathermarket JMB staff and TRA Reps on Monday 18th February at 10am, in advance of the major works on the estate. All residents are welcome to attend.
There will be a public meeting on Tuesday February 19th at 6.30pm at the Simla House TRA hall to discuss the forthcoming gas mains replacement scheme at Simla and Burwash house. Representatives from Southern Gas networks will be at the meeting to answer any questions. This will be the last chance for residents to have their sayRead more
The Council has now concluded its review of Fire Safety of Communal Areas, which was often referred to as the review of the Zero Tolerance approach. Fire safety officers will be carrying out site specific assessments to determine which blocks will have a ‘zero tolerance’ or a ‘managed’ approach. Please see the link below toRead more
There will be a public meeting for residents of Simla and Burwash house on December 6th at 6pm in the Simla House TRA hall. The purpose of the meeting is for Southern Gas Networks to outline their forthcoming project to install new mains gas risers at both blocks which will require access to each flat andRead more
We are currently undertaking consultation with residents in Symington House concerning proposals to increase the security to the block. We would appreciate if residents in the block completed the questionnaire in the letter attached below and returned the form to us. Symington House Letter November 2018