The greenest biggin is the ane that's staundin awready. Glesga's tenements hae shelterit faimilies for weel ower a century, an keepin them wind an watter ticht for the neist century is the maist uiseful thing a property factor can dae for the environment. Roond aboot that, we try tae rin oor ain business wi as licht a fitprint as we can.
Ilka tonne o stane, sclate an timmer in a tenement stauns for carbon that wis spent lang syne. Dingin doun an rebuildin spends it again. Oor approach tae maintenance is biggit on the opposite principle: inspect early, repair quick, an plan aheid.
A factor generates a hantle o paperwark: monthly invoices, letters aboot repairs, insurance schedules, minutes o meetins. We'd raither it traivelt by email than by van.
Oor contractors is, whaurever possible, Glesga an central-belt trades that ken the biggins they wark on an dinna traivel faur tae get tae them. Whaur several smaw repairs is needit at ae property we try tae group them intae a single visit raither than a string o caw-oots. Oor ain office is in the ceety centre, on the doorstep o the bus, rail an subway networks that maist o oor staff uise tae get tae their wark.
The common pairts o a biggin uise energy tae — stair lichtin, door entry systems, lifts an, in some blocks, communal heatin. Whaur awners want it, we can get quotations for measures that cut rinnin costs an consumption alike, sic as LED stair lichtin, timers an sensors, an draucht-proofin o close doors an stair windaes. Decisions lie wi the awners; oor job is tae pit the options an the costs in front o ye clearly.
We're a smaw Glesga business, no a multinational wi a sustainability department, an we'd raither tell ye whit we actually dae than mak grand claims. The commitments on this page are anes we can keep. If ye hae a suggestion for hou we coud dae better — at yer biggin or in oor ain office — we wad truly like tae hear it.