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Everything you need to know about issuing decorating allowances.

Decorating allowances

We have an agreement with B&Q who supply redecorating items to tenants to buy decorating items through a gift voucher requested on their portal.  The current agreement started Jan 2024 is for 5 years with two optional extensions of one year each.    Allowances are generally given to new tenants (if their home hasn't been redecorated when void) or tenants who might have had decorations damaged by repair work carried out in their homes.  The latter are issued by repairs and improvements.

Click here to see the full procedure.

This gives more detail about the paying process than is outlined below and details about the management of the same scheme by colleagues in repairs and improvements.

  • When an allowance is to be granted a completed decorating allowance form records how much and for what rooms.  The sticky label on the back of the swipe card is affixed to this form as a record of the number.
  • Log onto the webportal and fill out the details according to the webportal user guide (see link on the top right hand side of this page).
  • When the card is activated a return email from B&Q will confirm this.
  • Hand the tenant the card with the leaflet on the decoration allowance scheme for tenants which explains how the scheme works.
  • The tenant signs the decorating allowance form to confirm that they have received the card.
  • The form is photocopied and a copy handed to the tenant for their own records.  The form is scanned to the tenants file on TRIM.

The table below gives a guide to amounts that can be awarded.

Decorations Allowance to be granted

Maximum amount granted

Amount granted

Studio/1 bed

                 £100

£

2 bed.

                 £175

£

3 bed

                 £225

£

4 bed

                 £300

£

5 bed +

                 £350

£

 

Last updated: 28 April 2023