08/07/2022
We’re inviting tenders from sub-contractors to support our Property Care teams in delivering responsive repairs and repairs to unoccupied properties (voids). We own and manage more than 11,500 homes across Oldham and surrounding areas and are committed to providing the highest standards of proper...
07/07/2022
Throwback to last week when our Assets, Neighbourhood Care and Neighbourhoods teams, together with our contractor partner, Connolly Ltd held three environmental days in our Higginshaw neighbourhood to support customers to get rid of their rubbish and help to tidy up the streets. Members of our te...
06/07/2022
Our Neighbourhood Care team is all about making your neighbourhoods great places to live, and they've started a programme to jet wash walkways at communal blocks of flats. The work follows feedback from our Neighbourhoods Champions, who told us they would like to see us carry out deep cleans of t...
04/07/2022
We have signed deals worth £8.6m with two North-West housebuilders to bring 48 new, green affordable homes to Failsworth and Royton. The developments are part of our strategy to deliver 700 new, high quality, energy efficient properties in Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside, Kirklees, and Calderdale betw...
30/06/2022
Rough sleepers in Oldham have been helped off the street and into safe accommodation, thanks to a new joint initiative from us and Oldham Council. Ten unoccupied non-residential properties across the borough have been refurbished and converted into one and two-bedroom homes for individuals and co...
20/06/2022
Artwork by Richmond Academy pupils will soon brighten up hoardings around the West Vale building site - thanks to a joint project with Gallery Oldham.Striking collages which celebrate the history of the Coldhurst neighbourhood and Oldham's industrial past were created at a session held in May.For...
13/06/2022
The towering Oldham landmarks, Crossbank House and Summervale House have disappeared from the skyline, now demolition and clearance of the site is complete.Work by Oldham-based contractor, D Hughes Demolition and Excavation Ltd took place in spectacular scenes in February, followed by clearance o...
12/06/2022
Customers living in more than two hundred First Choice Homes Oldham (FCHO)-owned homes are set to receive energy efficiency improvements, thanks to a new £1.6m investment project which launched this month. The programme of green upgrades has been made possible thanks to a £1million grant from th...
07/06/2022
A 13-tonne excavator, five-tonne dumper truck, five skips and eight hours of hard work. That’s what it took to clear a huge amount of rubbish dumped on a strip of FCHO-owned land behind Cherry Avenue in Alt at the end of May. Old mattresses, kids’ toys and lots of household waste were among the i...
06/06/2022
We are pleased to announce that we are now working with Thistle Tenants Risks to offer our customers pay-as-you-go home contents insurance, so you are covered if the worst happens. Thistle will take over the contract from Aviva on Monday 6 June 2022. Thistle Tenants Risks specialise in home conte...