St
Margaret's Institute
Community Centre
30
Polstead
Road, Oxford
Property
….
Under the
terms of the current lease, the PCC and through it, the Management
Committee
is responsible for the maintenance of the internal fabric, fixtures and
fittings of the ground floor and basement of the building.
Following
completion
of an extensive programme of dilapidation works, in accordance with the
terms of the prior lease, the Management Committee has put in place a
prudent
maintenance policy. Appropriate provision for this has been made
in the budget. Our normal programme of maintenance has
included
the following measures:
- remedial
work to
prevent damp penetration under the hall floor, which had caused the
floor
surface to rise in places.
- drainage
work to
clear standing water from the west side passage.
- remedial
work to
prevent surface water entering the cellar.
- replacement
of
obsolete electrical switchgear and mountings in the cellar.
- repairs
to the
cellar staircase supports.
We recently
refurbished the upper floor flat, so that it could be let in order to
help fund our appeal.
Apart from
the
routine maintenance of the building, we recently completed phase 1 of a
programme of improvements, focused on improving our Disabled Access
arrangements to comply with recent legislation. These included:
- Disabled
Access, with a new ramp to the West Front Room
- Toilet
alterations in the Hall, to provide a new disabled toilet on this
level, and improve the existing facilities.
- A
Hearing Loop for use in the Hall.
- Partial
insulation of the Hall roofspace.
We are currently
fund-raising - from sources that are unable to contribute to our lease
purchase - for our Phase 2 projects:
- Replacement of the front room floor
surfaces with sprung floors
- Conversion
of cupboard
space to kitchenette in the west front room
- Complete
upgrade of the main Kitchen
- Improvements
to the toilets in the main building
- Insulation
of, and provision of appropriate double glazed windows in the hall
- Alterations
to
internal doorways to improve disabled access
- Restoration
of opening leaded lights on the south elevation