Plymouth Community Homes News Issue 13 (1.3mb)
Plymouth Community Homes News Issue 13 (1.3mb)
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plymouthcommunityhomes.co.uk<br />
Top Story PCH <strong>News</strong><br />
1,000th kitchen and bathroom<br />
upgrade with Apollo<br />
For the Tapp family of Honicknowle, having a new bathroom<br />
and kitchen in their home has had a life-changing effect.<br />
Theirs was the 1,000th property to have<br />
the upgrade, carried out by our contractor<br />
Apollo.<br />
Apollo project manager Nick Tyler and<br />
Karl Hemmings, contract surveyor for<br />
PCH, visited Vernon and Laura Tapp at<br />
home to present them with flowers and<br />
hear about the impact of the work.<br />
Vernon Tapp is disabled and the new<br />
wetroom-style bathroom means he can<br />
shower with ease whereas before he felt<br />
claustrophobic in the cramped shower<br />
and often needed his wife to help him<br />
wash. He can also use the kitchen with<br />
its conveniently-placed cupboards and<br />
worktops.<br />
The 58-year-old said: “This has changed<br />
my life and given me some independence.<br />
Everything is so easy whereas before it<br />
was a struggle. I used to hate the<br />
bathroom and to be<br />
honest I’d be in and<br />
out as fast as I could.<br />
“Now I’m in it all the time<br />
and I can even have a chair<br />
in there so I really enjoy showering.<br />
In the kitchen, I can get things out of the<br />
cupboards when before they were too high<br />
for me to use.”<br />
“This has changed my<br />
life and given me some<br />
independence.”<br />
Wife Lorna, 54, admitted this is their first<br />
new kitchen since they moved in 20 years<br />
ago and was delighted at the choice,<br />
plumping for pillar box red. She added:<br />
“The layout is so convenient that<br />
everything is a joy. The other day I<br />
“The layout is<br />
so convenient<br />
that everything<br />
is a joy.”<br />
cooked dinner for 12<br />
as I do regularly for<br />
the family and it was so<br />
much easier.”<br />
Karl Hemmings said:<br />
“Apollo has done an excellent<br />
job, the tenants have said how<br />
happy they are and it shows the great<br />
partnership between PCH and Apollo<br />
and how well we work together.”<br />
Nick Tyler said: “We are pleased to<br />
provide the Tapps with a nice kitchen<br />
and bathroom and it’s nice to see them<br />
at home and hear how they have happily<br />
been making use of them. We’d like<br />
to thank them for their patience in<br />
accommodating the workmen.”<br />
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