So I visited a Large and Complex development today to shadow a Building Manager to see if this would be a sector I would like to go into. The day went very quickly and I actually enjoyed it!
There was a block that had an eco roof and although these are great for the environment I was interested to see what issues they may cause. On asking the manager he explained they had never had any problems with them but whilst I was there one of the residents had reported a leak. He was on the top floor of this particular block so it was coming from the roof.
Contractors were onsite to inspect the problem and said they would have to dig up the roof to do further investigations but advised against it as the flat below was bone dry. It was raining heavily and no obvious reasons were discovered.
I guess if there was a substantial issue the eco roof would pose to cause problems if it had to be dug up with regards to how much it would cost to do this and the extra work involved.
Every solution carries a problem I guess!
Needless to say with 21 blocks being managed by FirstPort on that estate I done a lot of walking and with residents calling constantly there were many diversions during the course of the day.
Its a much larger scale of what I already do with similar responsbilities but very interesting to see how diverse the residents are and the problems they actually cause themselves. Its also clear they do not understand processes and some things take time to get done.
To me, retirement developments are a breeze compared to this but I would definitely be up for the challenge!