Our Cleaners & CPAs

I don't have photos, but here are the names of the people in the estate office team who most immediately support residents of Ben Jonson House.

Do say hello to them when you see them out and about.

House Officer
Sheila Delaney - Direct Line: 020 7029 3911

Block cleaners:
Matthew Kalejaiye-Tayo – cleaner for staircase 61/62
Istvan Farkas- cleaner for staircase 63/64.

Block car park attendants:
Victor Potticary
Israel Lawson
Paul Nixon
Austin Anele

Barbican Weather Data

Dear Residents

Barbican Weather Data

You can now get weather data for three locations on the Barbican estate.

Part of the work undertaken by the RCC's (Residents' Consultation Committee's) Underfloor Heating Working Party (UHWP) is attempting to understand how the external weather conditions impact the temperatures attained in our flats.

During the last heating season the UHWP set up temperature monitoring equipment in 20 flats around the estate. At the same time three weather stations were set up on the estate by the University of Reading to collect external weather data.
The UHWP and the University are currently trying to model the relationship between the external conditions, the heating supply and the temperature attained in each flat.
This is just part of the work that the UHWP is carrying out; you may have read in your recent service charge statement of the favourable outcome of the negotiations for a new supply tariff.

The University are not charging us for any of this work.
It seemed like a good idea to share the external weather data and you can now see yesterday's data updated daily here;

http://www.citybeast.com/BarbicanWeather.html

With regards

Barbican Estate Office

Link to website http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/housing-and-council-tax/barbican-estate/Pages/default.aspx

Meeting for Cripplegate Residents - 12 January

Sent on behalf of the Members of the Ward of Cripplegate:

Dear Residents of the Ward of Cripplegate

If you live in the Ward of Cripplegate, you are warmly invited to attend a meeting with your elected representatives on Monday, 12 January at 6.30pm in Frobisher Conference Rooms 1 and 2 at the Arts Centre. 

The purpose of the meeting is to give you the opportunity to meet your elected representatives and to ask questions or raise issues which hopefully we will be able to help with. The format will be similar to Question Time on TV - you will decide what we discuss.

With regards

Barbican Estate Office

Link to website http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/housing-and-council-tax/barbican-estate/Pages/default.aspx

Silk Street - reminder of resurfacing

From the BEO:

Dear residents,

Further to the last e-bulletin sent before Christmas, this is a reminder that there will be resurfacing the carriageway in Silk Street from next Monday 12 January, until Friday 16 January. This work requires the road to be closed to through traffic, although access to the majority of facilities will be maintained.

The resurfacing will take place in two phases. The first phase, which is due to be completed by Tuesday 13 January, will involve the closure of the exit from the Barbican Centre car parks. During this time, the entrance to the car parks will operate two-way, using 'Stop and Go' boards, and access to the car parks will be from Milton Street only.

The second phase, scheduled from Tuesday 13 January, will require the closure of the entrance to the Speed House car park. Those residents who are directly affected have been notified of alternative access arrangements during the closure, which have been agreed in liaison with the Barbican Estate Office. During this phase, access to the Barbican Centre car parks will be from Beech Street only.

Pedestrian access will be unaffected during these works.

If you have specific construction enquiries please contact Chris Jackman, JB Riney Public Relations Officer, on 07720 092 479, or email Chris.Jackman@cityoflondon.gov.uk.

For other general queries about the scheme, please contact us on the project email address, silkstreet@cityoflondon.gov.uk.

With regards,

Barbican Estate Office

Link to website http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/housing-and-council-tax/barbican-estate/Pages/default.aspx

Give and Take Day Sat 10th Jan

Spotted on Barbican Talk:

Give and Take Day Saturday 10th January 2015 

Have an early spring clean and recycle items you no longer need.  

When: Saturday 10th January 10.00 - 15.00 

Where: St Giles Cripplegate Church, Fore Street 

Give: Bring your unwanted items to the Church between 10.00 and 12.00. The Recycling Team will accept any unwanted item in a good reusable condition - furniture, toys, clothes, books, computers and other small electrical items.  

Take: Take items for FREE!  City Residents will be given priority access at 1pm before opening to the public at 2pm. Please bring proof of address with you. Previous Give and Take Days have seen pianos, rare books and fine furniture donated and rehomed!  

Any items which are not taken by the end of the day will be taken to the next Give and Take Day (date TBC), donated to charity or disposed of appropriately.  

Recycle your used cooking oil - please bring used cooking oil to St Giles Cripplegate Church in a secure, closed container (e.g. plastic bottle etc.), low energy bulbs and batteries. 

Plus, the Public Health team will be offering free blood pressure checks on the day for all over 18’s and giving away information via leaflets and brochures on the day. They will also be providing information regarding the location of their drop in sessions for Free NHS Health Checks, in the City of London. 

The Recycling team have also said there will be free bulky waste collection for Barbican residents on the day. Collection can be booked by calling the contact centre at 020 606 3110.

Police Community Meeting: Thu 8th Jan 18:00

The City of London police hold regular community meetings, where residents can go along and hear what the police have been doing and also let the police know what they think is important.

Details of the next meeting:

Community Partnership Meeting - Golden Lane/Barbican Estateship Meeting.

The next meeting will be:

Thursday 8^th January 2015
1800 hours
Tudor Rose Court, 35 Fann Street

Christine Phillips Residential Community EngagementBarbican Police Office 0207 601 2456 07736 952395

Quiz Night

Message sent on behalf of the Barbican Association.

Calling all Quizzers!

A reminder that there are still vacancies for the Quiz to be held at the Artillery Arms, Bunhill Row, on Monday 19th January - meet in the bar at 7 p.m. for a prompt start at 7.30. A substantial buffet will be provided at half-time.   If you'd like to come, please contact Tony Croot on 020 7638 5215, antony.croot@macace.net, with details of your name, address, e-mail and phone no, and a cheque in favour of the Barbican Association, or cash, for £12 per person to cover the cost.

Barbican Estate Office

Link to website http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/housing-and-council-tax/barbican-estate/Pages/default.aspx