Turner sits hard against the city and the university, and a large share of its housing is rented rather than lived in by the owner. That shows up in the shutters. Small maintenance jobs get deferred through a couple of tenancies, and by the time someone calls, a stiff shutter has become a jammed one. Turner also has one of the widest ranges of building types in the inner north.
We cover the whole of Turner in the 2612 postcode, from the Northbourne Avenue side across toward the university and out to the O'Connor and Braddon boundaries. Lyneham, Reid and Acton are on the same inner north run.
Interwar cottages, 1960s and 1970s walk-up flats and recent apartments all sit within a few streets of each other here, and each brings a different failure pattern.
We deal with owners, agents and tenants regularly, and the awkward part is usually authorisation rather than the shutter. If you are the tenant, we can attend, assess and report what is wrong so your agent has something concrete to approve, and we will not do chargeable work without the owner's go-ahead. If you are the agent or the owner, tell us who holds the keys and who is on site. Getting that straight before the visit saves everyone a wasted trip.
