Service charges

The service charge payable varies across tenancies, dependent upon the service delivered in the locality of your home. Services typically include: 

• Grass cutting 
• Shrub and hedge maintenance 
• Weed control 

For further information, or a quick and friendly response to any queries you may have about grounds maintenance charges, please contact your Neighbourhood Housing Officer.  

The Caretaking Service charge covers the services provided by caretakers across the Borough. Their responsibility is to look after and maintain communal areas of the buildings, working to ensure they are clean, safe and monitored to a high standard.  

For more information, please see the caretaking page 

This charge covers the communal cleaning and window cleaning at all sheltered schemes, as well as 50 other developments throughout Stockport.  

If you have any queries about building and window cleaning, please contact your Neighbourhood Housing Officer. 

For further information, or a quick and friendly response to any queries you may have about building and window cleaning, please contact your Neighbourhood Housing Officer. 

The Sheltered Scheme allows you to live independently within your own home, offering support 24 hours a day through a designated Scheme Manager. Back up is also provided by the Carecall Service. 

As part of the service, you will have an individual support plan and someone to turn to if you need a helping hand.  

For further information about Sheltered Scheme Support, please see the sheltered scheme page 

Carecall is a telemonitoring and response service, tailoring individual support packages to people that wish to maintain independent living. This charge covers a monitoring and mobile warden response service 24-hours a day, 365 days a year. 

Please visit the Carecall website for more information about the service.