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THE Argyle Street Housing Co-operative (ASH Co-op or, more commonly, the Co-op) is a housing co-operative in Cambridge offering shared accommodation for individuals who wish to have greater control over their housing situation than that offered by ordinary rented accommodation. All on one site and situated around four communal gardens, we offer a range of four, six and ten person houses for single people and a number of two-room flats, predominantly occupied by single parents and couples with children but also by people with special circumstances.
** APPLICATIONS TO THE JOB VACANCY ARE NOW CLOSED **
On Wednesday the 21st of July a co-op member had a birthday and invited some friends to come and play jazz with him. The band consisted of drums, bass guitar, keyboard and quite a few brass instruments. A lot of the co-op came out to hang out and enjoy the jazz. It was lovely.
Please note that applications have now closed for this job vacancy.
HOUSING CO-ORDINATOR (Part time, up to 24 hours/week)
£22,221 – £26,276 pro rata
ASH Co-op is a thriving tenant-managed housing co-operative based in the heart of Cambridge. We house 85 members and provide accommodation to individuals who wish to take an active role in making
decisions that affect their housing. We are looking for a self-motivated and committed person to join our existing full time staff member in providing administrative support to our committee and members.
This is a front-line administrative role and will involve dealing with enquiries, collecting rent, processing maintenance requests, monitoring budgets, liaising with contractors and processing housing applications. You will also play a facilitative role in our democratic decision-making process and will be actively involved in discussions regarding our operations and future development.
Previous housing experience is not essential, but you will need to have a good understanding of working with volunteers. You must be IT literate (including excellent Word and Excel skills), self-motivated, have plenty of initiative, the ability to manage changing priorities and be comfortable dealing with a diverse range of people. You will also need to have some administration experience and a basic understanding of accounts and budgets. An interest in co-operatives, community development or environmental sustainability is desirable.
The hours of work will be 20 – 24 hours per week, with a regular working pattern to be agreed on appointment (ideally 4 – 5 hours per day Monday to Friday). There will be some flexibility. You will be expected to work up to one evening per week (up to 7pm) and attend occasional evening meetings.
For more information and an application pack, please call (01223) 411615
or e-mail recruitment@ash.coop
The closing date for applications is Monday 26th July at 5pm.
We plan to hold interviews for shortlisted candidates on 10th/12th August.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The results of the blower door testing are in! We have reports for 1 Fletchers Terrace and 8 Argyle Street. (Both are PDF files, about 60 kB each).
The reports have quite a few numbers, but the recommendations at the end of the reports are in plain English. Happy reading.
On the evening of February the 11th a few of us went to a talk at AC Architects organised by Cambridge Carbon Footprint. They were talking about the refurbishment of the building they work in.
They did a lot of environmental improvements including boreholes for a ground source heat pump, solar thermal, natural ventilation and rain water recycling. First Anne Cooper talked about the plan and intention, and then her husband talked about the practicalities of doing it and how well the different aspects worked.
They used rainwater for flushing toilets and the like, but they found the filter needed cleaning weekly and it doesn’t actually rain all that much in Cambridge. Still they sometimes get a negative water bill as there is a “surface water drainage allowance” for not letting your rain water go into the sewers.
The equipment needed to dig the boreholes was very difficult to get into the back garden. And the pipes from the boreholes to the house aren’t insulated so they need to dig up the connecting pipes again.
The solar thermal and the natural ventilation both work very well though.
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Natural Ventilation
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Model of the house
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Underfloor space
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Some of the basement piping
- Next GM – 7pm on Thursday the 4th of March, coop hut.
- Fairtrade films – early evening on Monday the 22nd Feb, coop hut.
- Wild Thyme Café – Romsey Labour club, 28th Feb.
- Surface cleaner and toilet cleaner – is currently in the hut, bring your own bottle and fill it up. Or ask Scotty, 4 Arg scottybwoy@hotmail.com
- Make an account on the Sharehood to share things with other coop members: www.thesharehood.org
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