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Ducane Commercial Services Ltd

History and background

Ducane Commercial Services Ltd (DCS) was incorporated in January 2005, it is a wholly owned non-charitable subsidiary of the Association, was set up. The purpose was to use the skills of the Association's staff to carry out business activities, with any profits gift aided back to the Association.
There are currently two contracts running European School of Management has commissioned DCS Ltd to manage its student accommodation. We also provide managing agent services for a private block of leasehold flats in Ealing called Perryn House.

Perryn House Resident's News

March/April '08
The new pilars are now finished and are in place. The railing work is due to start in March 2008, however we are pending the date to be confirmed.

After several requests from Leaseholders, we are on a waitlist for recycling at Perryn and are pending the date for all recylcing bins.

 

Parsifal College Student's News

There are 29 lettable rooms at Parsifal College; 13 small and 16 large. They are all single rooms, but with the large rooms having additional facilities and furniture, such as a fridge, freezer and microwave in the room.

There were 13 voids in February 2008, all if which have been been relet. There is a small waiting list for the new intake due in September 2008.

The school have refurbished all of the kitchens over the past year to bring them up to the Local Authority standards for House of Multiple Occupation.


We hold 'surgeries' at the College between 1 and 4pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Doreen Carter is your Housing Manager.
There is a short waiting list at present, contact Doreen to find out more on doreenw@ducaneha.org.uk on this and any other housing management matter.

 

Modernisation Strategy

The provision of high quality accommodation is out aim and to ensure we meed our objective we have plans to provide 44 new homes on the Ducane estate site. The first phase of the initial project olan is comp,eted with consultants in place. We are currently working up the proposals for planners.

 

Du Cane House - New offices and flats

The ten new flats created here will be available to nominee key workers from LB Hammersmith and Fulham with local connections to the borough. We have pre allocated most of the flats although a few single person sudios may still be available. They will be let furnished and will be directly across the road from the Imperial College Health Care NHS Trust Hospital where some tenants are currently working. Built to Eco Homes very good standard, these homes will be economical to run and will reduce the carbon footprint of those who no longer have to travel so far to work.

 

The office on the ground and lower ground will provide a better interview and reception space for tenants wisging to see staff.

See Ducane House page for pictures of the work as it progresses>>

 

 


 

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