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Hat-trick of new social housing wins for JTM

Leeds commercial laundry specialist, JTM Service, has continued to gain traction on the social housing sector by winning a new five-year contract with Fabrick Housing Group, one of the largest registered housing providers in the North East.

The company has secured a hat-trick of new contracts in the sector, worth around £500,000, in the last six months and has a portfolio of more than 100 social housing operators from the Scottish Borders to the Midlands.

Fabrick Housing Group appointed JTM in a competitive tender process to ensure its communal laundry facilities across 27 of its sites across Tyneside and the Tees Valley operate at peak performance and are energy efficient.

Fabrick Housing Group partners, Erimus Housing, Tees Valley Housing and Norcare own and manage around 15,000 properties. JTM will service, repair and replace – where necessary - communal laundry room equipment across all their sheltered schemes.

The Yorkshire firm will make access and use of the laundry rooms easier for residents – for example, positioning washing machines and tumble dryers at heights to suit elderly residents.

Fabrick Housing Group asset manager, Alan Barnfield, said: “JTM Service has a really wide range of experience in social housing and demonstrated the attention to detail on customer care that our tenants appreciate.

“We were particularly impressed with the account management and the company’s sustainability credentials.”

Earlier this year, JTM ran a pilot tenant engagement charity event with Middlesbrough residents of Erimus Housing. Tenants, who were invited to ‘hang out’ at an afternoon tea party and peg out nearly new clothing on a washing line, raised £500 for Teesside Hospice.

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