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Grounds-maintenance

Grounds maintenance

Apart from individual homes and gardens, Selwood Housing also own other areas of land within our communities which we look after. The management of the grass, trees, hedges and shrubs on this land is called grounds maintenance.

John O'Conner, our new contractor, is delivering grass cutting and other services across our communities. They are an experienced contractor, working with a number of housing associations, councils and other organisations.

During peak periods or due to unfavourable weather conditions, there may be some delays to grounds maintenance services but we aim to reach all our sites at least once a month. Hedge cutting is usually carried out in July and August to avoid bird nesting season.

Online schedule

John O'Conner has designed a dedicated website where you can find out when they're due in your area. Due to busy periods and weather conditions, we cannot give exact dates when works will be carried out, please use this schedule as a guide.

Trees

We are responsible for maintaining trees on our communal land, to ensure that they do not pose a health and safety risk to members of the public. Our policy is to protect our existing trees wherever possible so that works are only carried out if a tree is dead, dying, diseased, dangerous, likely to cause damage to property or is inappropriately located. You can read our tree policy here.

We will only treat trees within our customer's gardens that are deemed a health and safety risk, or that are causing damage to property. We may charge our tenant for any work we undertake.

As a Selwood Housing customer, if you are concerned about a tree on our land, or within your garden please let us know using the form below.

Do you have a question?

If you have any questions about our grounds maintenance service, please send us your question via the form below or call us on 01225 715 715.

We will first check if the land or feature in question is owned by Selwood Housing. If it is not, and the land is within Wiltshire, you can report your query to Wiltshire Council via the 'MyWiltshire' app or via their Wiltshire Council website.

Looking for tips on caring for your garden?

Visit our tips and advice pages for helpful tips to support you throughout the seasons.

Scrutiny review

Our scrutiny team looked at our grounds maintenance service for one of their independent reviews.

Can't find what you're looking for?

If you can't find what you're looking for please contact us at info@selwoodhousing.com

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