Testimonials
The promotional DVD produced is excellent and your staff did really well gathering information from various sources, that we had trouble in obtaining ourselves. Well done and thank you. It really did exceed our expectations and it is a valuable marketing tool, assisting us to sell our homes in Hackney. Louise Moore, Special Projects Manager, Metropolitan Home Ownership
“After extensive research the City of London have selected Home Connections as our preferred CBL provider. The package they offered was the most flexible, allows for a comprehensive I.T. based approach, and is excellent value for money. The City look forward to working in partnership with Home Connections to provide our tenants and housing applicants with a first class CBL scheme.” Jim Barber, Head of Needs and Resources at City of London
“What has struck us is that HC is professional if we ring or e-mail we always get a response back. I think you are honest; there is integrity with your business. I think we have ended up with a product that has got that integrity running through it [and] the team seem to be passionate about what they do. I am not aware of another provider with a housing background doing this, there are companies doing virtual tours but not that know housing.” Nicola Marks, Marketing Manager, London Strategic Housing
“Wow - doing the virtual tour for a property was fantastic, it really gives an idea of what the flat is like…. so for someone who has very limited mobility due to severe illness it makes life so much easier as I don’t have to do exhaustive trips and bid for properties that I just guess will be suitable.” Camden user with mobility problems using the Virtual Tour to view a property
“Easy to follow, best way to see proposals I’ve seen.” Residents commenting on 3D visualisation for town centre regeneration - Rhonnda-Cynon-Taff, Wales
“We are very pleased with the high quality of our virtual tours. These tours will aid our prospective clients to make informed choices when applying for Sheltered Housing in Southwark. They capture the positive aspects of our properties and are presented in a very user friendly and eye pleasing style. Feedback has been very positive.
This will enable us to market our voids more effectively whilst ensuring that prospective clients have a good knowledge of the properties that they are bidding for. In many cases it is very difficult for Older people to physically view properties and these tours will make life a whole lot easier. It will also save us time and resources. We were very pleased with the level of service provided. All of our specifications were exactly matched and the quality of communication throughout the project was excellent.” Adrian Duffy, Older Persons Services Manager London Borough of Southwark
“We have housed 120 older residents into sheltered and supported accommodation. Most bidders are over 60 and over 70% of participants say Home Connections is better than the previous allocations system. They prefer the transparency of the process. Many of those we housed said it was a “great idea” and “very easy to understand”. This is proof that older residents are an active part of our community and are able to make use of the new technology-based lettings system”. Jonathon Joseph, Head of Housing Needs, Westminster City Council who piloted choice in the borough with Sheltered Housing
“Disabled Home Seekers in London can look forward to being far better informed about their choices and to a system that is consistent across the capital.” Ken Livingston on the award of contract to Home Connections to develop Accessible Housing Register for London
“Home Connections measures performance against a series of critical success factors linked to the aims of the scheme. Evaluation includes analysis of the database to identify changing patterns of supply and demand, use of customer focus groups, and postal questionnaire surveys.”
ODPM Good Practice Guide “Implementing and Developing Choice-Based Lettings: A guide to key issues”
