Recycling - What can I recycle?
If you want to get rid of something, have it collected for free and be "green", why not try using FreeCycle.
Before you chuck your rubbish into the blue bins, please make sure you only include the items listed below.
Cans
- Soft drinks
- Alcoholic beverages
- Tinned meat
- Baked beans
- Tinned vegetables
- Tinned fruit
- Tinned fish
- Tinned pet food
- Ready meal containers
- Take away food containers
- Party platters
- Meals on wheels containers
- Kitchen foil
- Remember to wash out cans to help keep your bin clean and avoid contamination.
Cardboard
- Cereal packets
- Greetings cards
- Cardboard boxes, including corrugated cardboard
We are unable to recycle ‘waxed paper’ cartons such as fruit juice, washing liquid and milk.
Paper
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Envelopes
- Junk mail
- Telephone directories
- Catalogues
- Plastic
- Plastic bottles
- Soft drinks bottles (clear and coloured)
- Alcoholic beverage bottles (clear and coloured)
- Fruit juice
- Milk
- Cooking oils
- Laundry products
- Hair care products
- Baby care products
- Supermarket carrier bags
To give you more room in your bin it helps to squash down any plastic bottles.
Glass
All coloured glass can be mixed together.
See also : Greenwich council website
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The management team will also notify the Royal Mail but the problem will probably be rectified more quickly if complaints are received from everyone that is affected.
Security
We ask all residents to be vigilant.
Please ensure that all main doors are closed shut and locked when entering and leaving.
Do not let anyone enter the building by way of the entry phone unless you have established their identity.
The pedestrian gates must remain locked at all times to prevent trespass, even if you are only popping out for a few minutes.
Security is everyone's responsibility - do not assume that someone else will deal with it.
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Water Meters
Domestic water supplies to Connaught Mews are metered.
Residents should be particularly
careful when dealing with Thames Water. We have had numerous problems with
them including inaccurate billing. This is especially the case if you have
just started renting one of the flats.
The meters are difficult to access. Click to see locations.
None of the meters are situated inside the grounds and you will need to lift
a heavy manhole cover to gain access. The Nightingale House meters are on the pavement
on Woolwich New Road. The other meters are located inside Claydown Mews.
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Are there any plans for major works in the next year or so?
In 2010 we plan do undertake further works concentrating on guttering, paths, railings and essential tree works.
We keep to a cyclic schedule of most maintenance work, for example redecoration, drain clearance, health and safety checks.
Major works are defined to include items such as full internal / external decorating, re-carpeting or
other major items. Should we require any major works you will be informed in writing with a 'section 20 notice'.
Please note that the communal areas were re-carpeted in 2006 and the communal internal and external areas decorated in 2009.
If you see anything that requires attention please contact Redwood Estates: contact information.
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How is the service charge calculated?
The service charge is an estimate of costs for the following year and as such cannot
be calculated exactly.
It is based on the previous year's actual costs and predicts any
obvious change in costs to services.
The costs of maintaining Connaught Mews rises every year, however in real terms the service charge has been maintained at a similar level. If you exclude the costs of major works the service charge has actually dropped over the last few years.
Click here to see how the service charge has changed over the years.
The largest item effecting the charge is whether or not it is a year requiring planned major works.
The charge is set by the first directors (who are all residents of Connaught Mews). For more information on how Connaught Mews Management operates :
click here.
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Do all flats have a share of the freehold?
Not all flats currently have a share of the freehold, however the majority do.
The freehold for a flat can be purchased for a cost of £2,000 at any time by contacting us.
Purchasing the freehold increases the re-sale value of the property, avoids ground rent charges and gives the resident a greater say in how Connaught Mews is managed.
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This is run on a voluntary unpaid basis by the first directors, all of whom are residents at the Mews.
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