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Southern Housing Responsive Repairs Programme

Sector

Social Housing

Location

South East

Service

Responsive Repairs

Contract

Original ten-year contract started in 2008; new contract, re-secured through a thorough tender process, started on 1 April.

Southern Housing

Our Responsive Repairs programme for Southern Housing provides residents with safe and comfortable homes

Properties

7,000 properties in Kent, extended to Sussex in 2020

Supporting our client Southern Housing to provide residents with safe and comfortable homes, our Responsive Repairs teams cover Urgent, Routine and Emergency Repairs.

Our Call Centres, including Out of Hours, respond to residents’ call outs and our Operatives deliver repairs through a fully automated servicing appointment system.

Resident Liaison Officers keep residents and clients fully apprised of the progress of the works and Axis’ strict Code of Conduct assures residents of a polite, respectful and professional service.

Our Responsive Repairs works include repairs to:

Southern Housing Group (SHG) merged with Optivo to form a new housing provider called Southern Housing in December 2022. Since 2008, Axis has delivered a very high standard of service to Optivo residents in Kent. We have achieved nearly 100% customer satisfaction and virtually zero complaints. And in 2020, we were proud to have this contract extended to cover Sussex too, whilst our new 2024 award extends our area with Southern Housing into London.

  • Kitchens and bathrooms
  • Guttering
  • Roofing
  • Sanitaryware
  • Burst pipes and leaks
  • Faulty electrical fittings

Specifications

  • Call Centres, including Out of Hours
  • Fully automated servicing appointment system
  • Resident Liaison Officers on site
  • Strict Code of Conduct and Core Values
  • Urgent, Routine and Emergency Repairs
  • Boiler Repairs

I’ve found Axis to be adaptable, quick to respond and willing to embrace change. They’ve worked well with our involved residents… The experience we’ve had has been very positive overall

Neil Sargent, Maintenance Manager

Optivo

Planned repairs services

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