THE BIG RETORT

Lewisham Homes was just three years into its tenure when, in September 2010, the arms length management organisation (ALMO) posted a letter which read: ' D ear Homeowner.  Lewisham Council and Lewisham Homes do not inspect the inside of your property or make any necessary safety adaptations to your property ". (Emphasis added.) So why has the council's rabid housing enforcer placed its bullyboy jackboots across leaseholder thresholds?  TheBigRetort Lewisham Homes has called for an avalanche of (so-called) improvements to its housing stock. Recently the amateur managing agent has gone  way "bespoke". U nder the watchful eye of Mrs Hilary Barber (above) its Director of Corporate Services. This "n ecessary" (is it really?) fire-safety equipment has been placed into 1400 street properties along with a raft of additional unnecessary improvements... e arning Mrs Barber the honorific  Baroness Barber of Breachlease .   Barber is threatening court actio...