Ashridge Farm

MartynandKym replied on 12/01/2022 00:30

MartynandKym

Posted on 12/01/2022 00:30

What on earth is going on at Ashridge Farm?

Stayed over Christmas but were told they had boiler troubles so only one male shower available and two wash basins. Presumably the same for the ladies. A few days ago one of the two male toilets was closed, apparently waiting for an engineer to repair. Today there are notes all over the place saying they have run out of gas so no hot water for showers or basins or presumably washing machine facility either!

It's now over 20 days since the boiler issue, and no sign of any remedial work being carried out on the toilets either and now with no hot water would it be reasonable to suggest the club offers a refund to members being inconvenienced for this failure to provide the facilities we are paying for?

What say you fellow members?

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JVB66 replied on 12/01/2022 15:28

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Rocky 2 buckets replied on 12/01/2022 16:03

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JVB66 replied on 12/01/2022 16:13

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JollyKernow replied on 12/01/2022 17:07

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Posted on 12/01/2022 11:31 by JVB66

I can confirm how the contract is/was working when some friends of ours ,had a problem on their site when a member reversed and demolished an EHU bollard ,which knocked out a complete area of their site,

The local Electrician was at another site close by doing annual testing ,and said he would come straight away, but to clear it with the regional manager,,

Thats when the problems started, no you must contact the outsourced company ,to get an estimate? who it seems gave a guestimate, which was very high? and was accepted by EGH ,

The local Electrician was contacted by the outsourced company, who arrived later that day, and fixed the problem ,with some parts that the site had accumulated over the years from other "mishaps" in just over an hour

It cost the club when paying for the job nearly £1000

Our friends mentioned the cost to the local electrician., who said it was less than a quarter of the price he was paid

Now you know why site prices keep going up

This was relayed to us when we next met up

Posted on 12/01/2022 17:07

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The days when we phoned the local spark to attend who's five minutes down the road arfe long gone, at least 10 years now. There are systems ,procedures and protocols which we follow daily as in most workplaces. Hiring a third party will always be more expensive but just say regarding electrics as an example, working safely is paramount. Not all of us knows live from neutral etc.

Bollards getting trashed happens quite a bit, but from my experience here in the south west your quote above was a bit ott. I guess different areas of the country procure differing rates?

Rocky 2 buckets replied on 12/01/2022 17:16

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JollyKernow replied on 12/01/2022 17:18

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Posted on 12/01/2022 15:28 by JVB66
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Posted on 12/01/2022 17:18

jv, you do like to quote "many" staff quite often, I'd really like to know the actual number of staff you spoken to that are currently under contract that are "hacked off"? & who of these hacked off employees would like their personal work issues brought to the public domain? I honestly find that mind boggling and if I was that upset with my work I'd have asked for my p45. Like most companies we have an HR department and systems in place to discuss any gripes. As rocky states there are lots of jobs out there, even in our industry there are hundreds of campsite jobs. None of us are shackled to the club, seems though a few like to play keyboard warrior!

Just for info, new starter training commences in a couple of weeks and currently there's a full quota.

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