

Key Points Raised at the Enforcement Meeting on Mon 2nd Oct 2023
By Nige
on October 7, 2023
at 5:22 pm
Type: News
Category: Maintenance
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | East Midlands Landscaping | Vale of White Horse District Council
The focus of this meeting was strictly the balancing ponds, but we managed to slip one or two additional items on to the agenda as we walked around the development.


Shock News Leaked at the Planning Enforcement Meeting on Mon 2nd Oct 2023
By Nige
on October 2, 2023
at 4:42 pm
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | East Midlands Landscaping | Vale of White Horse District Council
Quick update on the outcome of the enforcement meeting held on Mon 2nd Oct 2023. We were advised about this meeting on Thu 21st Sep, but it's fair to say it wasn't entirely clear how this meeting fitted into the overall plan for handover.


Potential Progress on Handover is Imminent
By Nige
on September 24, 2023
at 3:53 pm
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | East Midlands Landscaping | Vale of White Horse District Council
Looks like things are starting to happen again with handover. Vale of White Horse District Council (VWHDC) has made noises that they are ready to restart work. TDRA has been chasing for the past 18 months for some sort of plan from VWHDC as to how things can move forward.


Low Hanging Branches on the Tree at the Front of the Dovecote
By Nige
on September 18, 2023
at 1:15 pm
Type: News
Category: Maintenance
Tags: Announcements | Trees
We were walking past one of the very large trees at the front of The Dovecote, and noticed some low hanging branches. This tree is planted at the edge of one of our neighbours’ properties, but significantly overhangs into the development. These low hanging branches are now becoming an obstacle to residents using the path, […]


Latest on Maintaining the Public Open Space
By Nige
on June 24, 2023
at 2:48 pm
Type: News
Category: Maintenance
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | Management Plan
We have prepared a summary of who is responsible for maintenance prior to full handover. You can read all about Who is Responsible for Maintenance Pre-Handover? in our blog post.


Thames Water Handover Update
By Nige
on May 1, 2023
at 3:07 pm
Type: News
Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Thames Water
We haven't heard much about the adoption of the sewers and pumping station from Bloor to Thames Water over the past couple of years.


Local Info – Bin Collections
By Nige
on April 12, 2023
at 12:42 pm
Type: News
Category: Residents
Tags: Announcements | Bin Collections | Vale of White Horse District Council
To help provide useful local information for residents, we have created a new page on the RA's website dedicated to providing links to relevant information.


First Cut of the New Season
By Nige
on April 10, 2023
at 3:27 pm
Type: News
Category: Maintenance
Tags: Bloor Homes | Green and Growing
Spring has officially sprung with the first cut of the grass undertaken by Green and Growing on Easter Sunday. Green and Growing are engaged by Bloor Homes to keep the grass under control. We track maintenance undertaken on site via the website’s Maintenance Log, primarily to ensure the POS is being maintained in line with […]


Two Service Charges Received from FirstPort
By Nige
on February 28, 2023
at 12:10 pm
Type: News
Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | FirstPort
As one or two residents have already posted on this subject, but we have just received two service charge statements in the post: As one resident has already noted, we were already made aware of the charge for £8.15 sometime last year, so that’s not something new.Interestingly, we have not had a service charge for […]


Update on Recovery of FirstPort Expenses
By Nige
on February 28, 2023
at 11:25 am
Type: News
Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | FirstPort
We have had no response from Bloor recently in respect to the recovery of costs we have incurred from FirstPort. We assume others are in the same boat. We would expect we will soon receive the annual charge from FirstPort – it’s normally early Feb (if we recall correctly), since the “year” runs from start […]

