Customer Annual Review 2015/16 | Page 6

Customer Annual Review 2016 4 £400,000 spent improving our Retirement Living schemes £2m Did you know? Emergency repairs completed within 24 hours Last year 99.7% – this year 98.8% spent updating electrical wiring and other work General repairs completed within 7 calendar days Last year 99.5% – this year 99.5% £2.9m spent on central heating systems and insulation improvements £700,000 Percentage of customers satisfied with the overall quality of their home Last year 82% – this year 85% spent replacing roofs £600,000 Your home We know how important repairs and maintenance are to you and the value you put on these services. spent on fire alarms and emergency lighting In total we invested £7 million into improving the condition and structure of your homes and communities. There are a small number of repairs that we now ask you to take responsibility for. In the past, we carried out these repairs although they were over and above what we needed to do as your landlord. We haven’t stopped providing any of our core services. Looking forward we will: • Communicate better about updates to our services • Be consistent in what we can and can’t do • Carry out repairs with the minimum of hassle to you Customers satisfied with the way we deal with repairs and maintenance Last year 80% – this year 79% Empty homes mean a loss of rent and families waiting to be housed. We aim to re-let properties as quickly as possible. Average re-let times Last year 15.3 days – this year 13.8 days