What’s really holding back your repairs service?
Discover what years of working inside housing repairs organisations have taught us about lost capacity — and what those discoveries could mean for you.
What you’ll discover in this briefing
Spend an hour with Stuart Corrigan and Neil Alexander exploring some of the surprising discoveries we’ve made inside real housing repairs operations.
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What your performance reports might not be telling you.
The hidden obstacles that can consume time, money and capacity.
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How to decide what really needs to change.
Where to investigate first, rather than investing in more initiatives that may not solve the underlying problems.
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What’s possible with your existing resources.
Lessons from organisations that have dramatically increased repairs output without simply adding more people.
The session is focused on your organisation, not a generic presentation.
An hour of insight. Not a sales presentation.
No cost. No sales pitch. No obligation to commission anything.
Our aim is simple: even if we never work together again, we want you to leave with a different perspective and some practical ideas worth exploring.
Stuart Corrigan
Managing director, Descartes Consulting. Co-author, Housing Repairs ER.
Neil Alexander
Founder, Stock Right Now. Co-author, Housing Repairs ER.
- Insider knowledge from years spent studying and improving real service operations.
- A fresh perspective on your own repairs challenges and where capacity may be disappearing.
- Practical next steps to help you decide what to investigate or change.
- A copy of Housing Repairs ER when available, if you haven’t already requested one.
No cost. No obligation. Just an hour focused on helping you make better decisions.
Just tell us a little about yourself and we’ll arrange a convenient time.
We’ll contact you personally to arrange a convenient time.
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Not ready for a conversation? Watch the presentation first.
Housing Repairs ER
The story of how one council changed the way its repairs work worked, and what you can learn from it. By Stuart Corrigan and Neil Alexander.
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