Lister is closing the office to tenants/the public from mid-morning today Tuesday 24 March to follow Government guidance and assist protect Lister staff. There will be a skeleton staff cover at the office to answer the telephone and talk to anyone who comes to the door – solely through the intercom. Please only contact the […]
Gas servicing/repairs update – Mon 23 March
Important message from Lothian Gas. They are trying to continue doing important gas appliance servicing work and urgent repairs. If you have self-isolated then they will not enter your property, to protect you and their workers. They will make sure the gas is safe and leave you a fan heater. If you have not self-isolated, […]
Coronavirus-Lister news-sheet 17 March
This news-sheet was issued to all our tenants on 17 or 18 March. Covid19 Lister 17 March We also delivered this sheet to assist with contact with neighbours. Covid19 offer help
Rent review & Budget – tenant consultation
The Management Committee has considered a draft budget and rent review and this is now out for consultation to our tenants, with a deadline of Monday 24 Feb – 5pm for written comments please. The MC meeting on Tuesday 25 February evening will consider the matter further and all submissions, before making a decision. The […]
Tenant survey report – published
In December a Tenant Survey was conducted with all tenants sent a questionnaire and replies sought, either online or by post. We are very pleased to have a 47% response rate and the Survey Report produced by our consultants is available on our website here -[click on news headline to get page with clickable link […]
Christmas & New Year opening times
Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 December – Open. Closed 25 / 26 / 27 December. Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 December – Open. Closed 1 / 2 / 3 January 2020. Office re-opens Monday 6 Jan 2020. Please note many contractors take the whole period off and only emergencies are covered.
Parking changes in city centre
Edinburgh Council have just finished a consultation on a traffic order which includes the provision to make parking bays payable on Sundays from 12.30-6.30pm and for these periods single yellow lines will be active as well. It is not known yet when these changes, if confirmed, would start.
Death of past Chairperson and activist
We are saddened to hear of the death of Tot Brill, a previous Lister tenant, activist, committee member and Chairperson. She died in London where she now lives. She was a force of energy for Lister in the 1980s, very good (as they say now) of ‘thinking outside the box’. Our condolences to family & […]
Committee agenda & papers now published
Lister has taken its first big step for open-ness – publishing its Agenda and Committee papers for the October MC meeting just held – yesterday. Whilst we are required to do this for the Freedom of Information obligations, Lister is pleased to do this to help inform our tenants and others about the issues and […]
Change of Gardener
Our hard-working Gardener/Handyperson, Charlie, has decided to move on to other challenges, and has finished working here at the end of August. He has been with us exactly five years and has carried out his work with great dedication and effort. Lister has recruited a new Gardener/Handyperson, Paul, who has just started and will be […]
