Mears Home Improvement Ltd

What is Mears Home Improvement Ltd?

Mears is a home improvement agency which is dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people by providing advice and assistance with adaptations, improvements and repairs to their properties that will enable them to remain active, safe and independent in their own homes.

A large part of the service on offer includes providing assistance to customers with the funding process, technical advice, engagement of preferred contractors, maximising income through applications for welfare benefits and inspecting work on site.

What can Mears do?

Mears can:

• help with repairs, improvements or adaptations to property
• offer confidential advice, support and assistance
• provide information on housing and support services provided by others
• provide technical expertise with building works to property
• help get information on the different ways of paying for the work.

From small repairs to major improvements, Mears Home Improvement Ltd can help, for example with bathroom adaptations, electrical rewiring, damp proofing, fitting stair-rails and other household repairs.

Additional services

Much of their work goes well beyond traditional home improvement agency activity as Mears have diversified to meet a variety of needs, creating innovative new services within the agencies such as:

• Small Repairs Service/Handyperson Scheme - This scheme provides a reliable service for carrying out small jobs around the home that can no longer be managed by the homeowner. Often these jobs can prevent accidents or falls in the home.
• Home from Hospital Service - This service ensures a safe, secure, dignified and speedy discharge from hospital and reduces the risk of re-admission by adapting, improving and repairing the older person's home to meet their needs.
• Energy Efficiency Scheme - This scheme ensures homes are warm and dry and takes measures to eliminate fuel poverty.
• Home Safe Scheme - This service carries out safety checks looking for risks in the home that could cause accidents such as loose carpets and poor lighting. It also checks for security risks such as inadequate door and window locks.

For more details of the services available see the Mears website This link will take you to an external website... .

The local Anchor office for the Vale of the White horse is located in Wallingford. The address and contact details are as follows:

Mears Home Improvement Ltd
C/o SODC Offices
Benson Lane
Crowmarsh Gifford
Wallingford
Oxon OX10 8BF
Telephone: 01491 823889
Email: stayingput.valewhitehorse@anchor.org.uk