Ad Hoc Property Management Ltd
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I’m currently an Adhoc guardian and I…
I’m currently an Adhoc guardian and I would urge anyone to avoid becoming a guardian if you can help it. Yes traditional renting is super expensive but can you cope with strange men entering your private bedroom with NO warning? I’m not just talking about ADHOC workers but maintenance people from the council etc. I am a young woman and I find this very concerning. I’ve never really had a problem with any of my housemates- the majority are pleasant nice people but dealing with Adhoc has been a constant nightmare. I’m not actually sure what ADHOC do to give a service to any of their guardians. They don’t repair maintenance issues promptly or at all, they barely reply or respond to your concerns, they don’t provide any thing that you might require for a house share such as an oven or a washing machine or fridge. We live in a council properly and pay a guardian fee to ADHOC but get nothing in return from them in terms of value for money. Adhoc don’t provide the property- the council does so what actually are they spending the thousands of pounds that they get from their guardians every month on? If they find your bedroom to be ‘messy’ they may issue you a warning. I say might because they use this for some guardians and not others. I’ve received a formal warning for leaving clothes on my floor however I’ve known other guardians to have excessively messy rooms 24/7 yet have been left alone. It’s one rule for one and one for another and it’s very patronising being told to tidy your bedroom as a 25 year old woman. I can only describe being a guardian as super depressing, you don’t have any tenants rights and this is fully taken advantage of- I’ve known guardians deposits to be whitheld once they have moved out for no reason. On one occasion the shower room was out of bounds with no prior notice given to guardians and around 15 people were using once makeshift shower. This company should not be allowed to continue to exploit people in dire circumstances usually on the Cusp of homelessness.