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About Ascham Homes

Ascham Homes is an 'arms length management organisation' (ALMO). This is a not-for-profit company set up by Waltham Forest Council in May 2003 to manage and improve the housing that it owns.

Ascham Homes manages 10,516 homes (including 1820 leasehold properties) on behalf of the Council. The Council continues to be the landlord of these homes. Below are some of  Ascham Homes' responsibilities:

  • Collecting rent
  • Carrying out certain repairs to tenants' homes (not leaseholders)
  • Repairs to communal areas and lifts
  • Carrying out major work to the buildings and estates
  • Getting homes ready for new tenants
  • Dealing with anti-social behaviour and nuisance on Ascham Homes estates
  • Cleaning and maintaining the estates
  • Processing applications to buy homes
  • Dealing with issues from leaseholders
  • Dealing with complaints about Ascham Homes (in the first instance)
  • Managing parking on estate roads and parking areas only
  • Managing lighting on estates only
  • Keeping the grounds and gardens on estates to agreed standards
  • Maintaining any adaptations and aids in your home
  • Managing garages on estates

» For more information you can visit their website at www.aschamhomes.org.uk.

Contact Ascham Homes

You can contact Ascham Homes in the following ways:

Telephone

Telephone Ascham Homes Direct on 020 8496 4197 - the lines are open from 8am–6pm, Monday-Friday.

In a emergency outside these hours call 020 8226 2631 (6pm-8am and Bank Holidays)

Visit

Visit their offices at:

Willow House
869 Forest Road
Walthamstow E17 4UH

Open 9am – 5pm from Monday to Friday

Outward Common Estate Office
16 Morris Avenue
Billericay
Essex
CM11 2JR
Tel: 0845-300 0363 (charged at local rate) or 020 8496 4197

Open from 9am–11am on Tuesdays and Thursdays

Online

Email: direct@aschamhomes.org.uk

You can also visit their website for more information: www.aschamhomes.org.uk/contact-us