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Were was Canning St Wynonie?

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Between Ranger Street and Richmond Street, Caz. Ran parallel to Scaitcliffe Street, but next one up.

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well Canning St certainly depressed me, went with a bird off yon that stabbed me.:D

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This is because the houses nearer the town centre are smaller in size hense cheaper to buy. These houses have been bought up by private landlords and the story is so familiar after that..............:mad:

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Karma for you when it allows me, Hyndburn Council should take note of these points.

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Think what most people tend to forget is that Accrington streets evolved in the time of the Industrial Revolution, and these houses were gratefully welcomed by the workers being so near their workplaces.

Now we have no textile manufacturing anymore, we are left with this structure and have a harder job than non industrial towns to bring the streets to just being pleasant residential streets. Takes time and money from the council, etc.

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I am in one of hyndburn homes properties and to be honest it isnt that bad. Yes it needed decorating etc when I moved in but soon after moving in they did the kitchen and bathroom (not all quite to my standards but that was the conractors not hyndburn homes themselves) Personally though I think that they should do something with the exteriors (gardens, fencing, general appearance etc) as this is all left to the tenants to do when they move in and can be very difficult and expensive - I am trying to get the garden done, new fencing etc but is proving hard work and havnt had the money to really do anything yet. I have no real problems with the interior but do agree with the "patch work" that has been done inside e.g small spots of filler on the walls that are an eysore if you dont wallpaper them (my interior is about 90% painted with only 1 bedroom wall having wallpaper on it) The rent is low and you do get a very small allowance to decorate when you move in, which i would say would need doing in most cases but think more care should be taken on the outsides of the properties to make them look more presentable.

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I too am disappointed with Hyndburn Homes miserable failure in meeting their promises. When they took over from the council they supplied me with a 4 year schedule of when to expect home improvements - they have not kept to it.

I still struggle with an ancient bathroom, despite my need for a refurb being confirmed by an occupational therapist 2 years ago. I have replaced the unhygenic rotting kitchen cupboard doors at my own expense.

There are rotting soffit boards - a big chunk has dropped out of one such board on the flat next door, and is in full view one foot from my lounge window.
Fire safety is also a problem - I have only one window that I could exit from if my one exit door is blocked by fire - I keep a tow rope handy at all times, in case I need to climb out.

I don't get Housing Benefit, so I do appreciate that the rent is lower than private lettings
BUT - I would gladly pay more for a better standard

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please do not take my comments as been directed at the tennants ,my comments are directed at hydburn homes/contour housing who made agreements with the council that got them the houses instead of a different housing association, they leave a lot of things for teh tennants to do which are expensive.When i moved into one of their properties i spent £500 on decorating materials and around £1500 carpeting the place and within 1 year of hynburn homes not doing repairs to the roof my carpets were destroyed by mould and damp and most of the decorating was also destroyed.

the front of the property had a rickety fence , no gate and sharp nails sticking out of the wooden struts.The rear of the property had no dividing fence for the garden which meant my children could not play in the garden as next door had a dog which also due to been no fence crapped all over my garden.I did offer to save up and pay for a fence but was told it woudl be torn down when they got around to putting up their own which still hasnt happened ( teh garden by the way looked like somone had burried 30 hand grenades and let them off with a mixture of bike frames and sharp leghths of metal half burried in teh soil ))

properties are supposed to be assed by the council as to if they are worth teh rent and hynburn homes houses in my opinion should be revisited and assesed properly and have their rent reduced accordingly until they are up to the standard that is expected of a private renting landlord

again ths is not a dig at the tennants of hynburn homes it is a dig at hyndburn homes who rent some houses out in worse condition than those landlords from hell you see on TV

in many cases the tennants take good care and put plenty of effort into making tehir homes nice but tehir hard work and hard to come by cash is wasted by their landlords reluctance to do essential work on the buildings

apparently i owe hynburn homes £56 as a letter keeps reminding me but to be honest they can simply kiss my backside if they think they are getting it

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:yelrotflm:yelrotflm

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wasnt you was it lol

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Emma street,at the back of the sports centre & Clement St .Potholes both.:rolleyes:

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i must apologise fer me error, its just been pointed out to me,that it was Crown St. my assailant lived on, which was one below Canning St. n it wasn't her who stabbed me pointed it out, before ya ask.:D

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lol there is a nail over there that he just hit on its head :D

accrington is a dump, wish it wasn't but it is the truth no matter which way its glossed over

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yep