If you are a resident in Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Havelock House or The Hermitage, Crown Simmons will have previously contacted you about our lease to manage your property ending. This means that your home will be managed by a different landlord starting Saturday 1st October 2016. Any rent due up to, and including, Friday … Read more »
Crown Simmons Housing is a Top Employer
Crown Simmons Housing has been recognised as an Inside Housing Innovation Index Top Employer for 2016. The Top Employers list includes those housing organisations that outperform the UK norm – an average score from hundreds of UK organisations across all sectors. This year 45 organisations were recognised on the list. Crown Simmons was placed at … Read more »
Quick Thinking Rowena is August Values Champion
Congratulations go to Rowena Ballard who was the recipient of a Values Champion Award at the end of August. Rowena’s quick thinking may just have saved the life of one of our older residents who is a diabetic. The Values Champion awards are peer-nominated and recognise colleagues who have demonstrated our company values – Innovation, … Read more »
New Partnership With Surrey Police
We are very pleased to have agreed a new partnership with Surrey Police to provide settled accommodation for their staff. Crown Simmons has taken on a 5-year lease for an initial 12 properties in Surrey that have been empty for some time. The properties are advertised on the Surrey Police internal intranet and the homes are … Read more »
Madeline Celebrates 20 Years At The Fairings
Our scheme manager, Madeline Marshall, today celebrates 20 years of service with Crown Simmons Housing. Madeline started work at The Fairings in Hersham on 1st September 1996. She originally applied for a role as a caretaker at our former sheltered housing scheme in Thames Ditton. Although she was not offered that job, our former housing manager … Read more »
Ask Your MP to Champion Supported Housing
Supported housing provides a safe and secure home that helps people to live independently and to achieve their aspirations. That’s why the National Housing Federation launched the Starts at Homes campaign to celebrate supported housing in communities across the country. And we are backing this campaign. The Government is currently reviewing how supported housing is … Read more »
Late Summer Bank Holiday
Crown Simmons’ offices will be closed on Monday 29th August for the late summer Bank Holiday. If you have an emergency repair that cannot wait until the office re-opens on Tuesday 30th August please follow the instructions located in the Report A Repair section of this website.
Planning Application Submitted for New Affordable Homes in Esher
Crown Simmons Housing has submitted plans to build 11 new apartments on the site of its former Head Office premises – Rosemary House on Portsmouth Road in Esher. The plans, which would provide 9 one and two-bedroom apartments for shared ownership together with 2 apartments for outright market sale, were submitted to Elmbridge Borough Council in May. The … Read more »
New Affordable Housing In Elmbridge Moves Closer
Crown Simmons Housing’s plans to provide much needed new affordable housing in West Molesey moved a step closer following a very positive meeting with Elmbridge planning officers on Friday 1st July. For the last two years we have been consulting with our residents at Mole Abbey in Abbey Walk about demolishing 12 prefab bungalows that were built on … Read more »
Spring/Summer Edition of Open House Now Available
The latest edition of Open House, our residents’ newsletter, has been published. You should have received your copy by post but it is also available to view online. The latest edition includes updates on: Changes at Crown Simmons Housing Updates on Government Housing Policy, such as the extension of the Right to Buy to housing association … Read more »