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Barry O’Shea 26 Salthouse Lane Hull HU1 1HB

It’s now been over two months since my original review, and nothing has changed. I remain stuck in the same unsafe property, while my newborn son continues to witness disturbing behaviour no child should ever be exposed to.

I’ve reported over 30 incidents to Thirteen, only to be met with silence, excuses, and hollow reassurances. I’ve stopped reporting altogether because it’s clear nobody genuinely cares.

This is not just negligence — it’s cruelty. To know that a father and a newborn are suffering, and to choose to dismiss it with generic replies and small talk, is beyond shameful.

Thirteen’s staff have lied, shifted goalposts, and tried to turn the blame back on me as a tenant. Imagine being a human being, entrusted with responsibility, and deciding it’s acceptable to leave a vulnerable family in torment rather than uphold your duty.

I’m a recovering addict who now works daily to help homeless and vulnerable people in Hull. While I dedicate myself to pulling others out of crisis, Thirteen seems determined to drag me and my family further into it — not for lack of resources, but seemingly to protect their own image and pocket.

This isn’t just poor service. It’s a breach of duty, of compassion, and of basic human decency. Thirteen Housing Group, you should be ashamed.

I MOVED TO A BUNGALOW WITH 13 IN JANUARY. OVERALL THE CONDITION OF THE HOME IS EXCELLENT,
ALL ID LIKE TO SAY IS THAT THEIR ELECTRICIAN AND REPAIR TEAM UPDATE THEIR TRAINING ON THE ROLE, AS THEIR LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEAVES ME BEMUSED.
THE FITTER CAM OVER TO SCREW BACK ON A KITCHEN CUPBOARD, BUT DISMISSED THE IDEA THAT THEY SHOULD ALL BE SECURED WITH WALL BRACKET. juUST SO THIRTEEN STAFF ARE AWARE, ALL KITCHEN WALL CUPBOARDS MUT BE SEURED BY BRACKETS TO THE WALL, TO PREVENT OUR BREACH IN HEALTH AND SAFETY.

If you english/british dont bother, got no chance. Been 4year sharing bedroom with disabled daughter and still no offers, yet bannana boaters get housed in a week !

My mother, 74 has lived on the street for 16 years with Thirteen.
And for years has experienced awful abuse. Physically and mentally.

They started smashing the car up, chucking rocks (some even hit her), verbal abuse, kicking the dog, spitting, urinating in the garden, stealing and breaking garden ornaments etc..

Now these a kid gangs. Kids who run around with balaclavas on and are around 12-15 in age when they do tbis.

It started to escalate the past year. They took to riding motorcycles up and down the street at all hours and then fighting outside.
One had a large knife/sword and was chopping up her bin and tree.
And they started walking up and down the street with guns.
I had a gun pointed at me and that was the last straw.

I sent Thirteen all the evidence including the kid with the knife/gun and asked to move my mother for safety reasons.
They outright refused. Multiple times.

I had a letter from the police/GP etc, kept refusing to move her.
They did NOTHING. Didn't offer support, didnt direct her to somewhere else, didnt do nothing!
Said to 'ring the police'.

If we ring the police we get targeted and it was already escalating with weapons!!

Anyway, another housing association is moving us! And today while the housing officer (the one who REFUSED to help my elderly mother!) came round to get the notice, he witnessed the same kid gang, walking down the street with the same rifle/gun that I reported to him! He was shocked and when I asked if he wanted me to report it to the police his response was 'No point, they probably cant do much as its just how this street is'.
Yet, he told us to keep reporting when we were stuck here?
Basically, we dont care about the weapons on the street as long as they pay rent? Their safeguarding is terrible!!

They ignored the formal complaint I put in and im still debating if I take this and all the proof to the housing ombudsman as its been a major lack of care.
How many other Thirteen tenants are in my situation with NO way out?

Kids with guns is acceptable on thirteen estates.
Knifes are acceptable.
Drug dealing is acceptable.
ASB is fully acceptable.

Have been offered a house with Thirteen?
If you tick the boxes above welcome to heaven. If you dont? Well.. welcome to hell.

EDIT: Not to mention the house was falling to bits.
A kitchen unit collapsed and could have seriously hurt my mother has she been there at the time. We have reported this 5+ times and every time they do a shoddy repair.
But In retrospect this was minor.

I have to live with my neighbours being drug dealers that are absolutely horrible and steal and who are also burglars to pay for more drugs. Me and several other neighbours have reported this multiple times to Elaine Black, however nothing is ever done and instead myself and other normal and innocent neighbours get harassed off of them and thirteen when we are the most normal people around this area and do nothing wrong/do not bother anyone. I have had roughly 4 calls in one day off thirteen and receive at least one call a week off of them and am completely unaware as to why they are making so many false claims about me yet do nothing about the actual real situations that are actually happening ie the drug dealers that are not getting seen to. The police were at the drug dealers house without going in and as soon as they were gone, they were people at the door dealing. They wake me up every single night screaming outside the drug dealers house and I am getting so stressed not just from the complete harassment of thirteen, but then also the drug dealers keeping me up every night and being threatening. The drug dealers also feel the constant need to try to enter my home and come in even after I tell them to leave through the window as it is too risky to open my door. Nothing will ever happen about these horrible druggies and there focus is just constantly seeming to be on the complete wrong things. Please do the right thing!

Thirteen's complaints procedure is very poor. They do not reply to, legitimate, complaints, thus rendering their 'complaints procedure' non existent. If this set up was in direct competition with other providers, they would have, long since, ceased trading.

Update (24.09.25) This matter has now been resolved BUT it was hard work and mentally exhausting to get there.

Selling a house that they owned a percentage of and they have completely mess up our sale of the house, upsetting the buyer so much they have given up on the sale after 6 months of trouble and delays. Awful company.

For 10yrs I've had an ongoing issue with rats,when they do put job through for contego all they do is put black boxes down that the rats have never used yet.Noone investigates were they are coming from even when they have evidence they tell you they can't do anything.The thirteen group say they will help but turn it round as if you are the cause,and feel sorry for the people who keep causing the nightmare,listening to stories that are not true so they get sympathy.They don't care about the stress that it is causing you or the physical from repeatedly having to clean up and keep moving your garden around that you can never use.Nor do they care about a neighbour pushing rats under your fence causing you bigger problems they don't believe you or they tell you this person has alot on their plate, well so do I this person maybe older but my health problems are far greater and the attitude of 13 group employees is disgusting.I myself was told after weeks of putting up with more rat holes due to this neighbours actions put my own sachets down when 13 group pest control came out I had told them she has filled the burrows her side and pushed the rats under my fence.He went to neighbour said to me no evidence and I can't treat yours because you have put that sachet down, I said but because of neighbour they are making more holes and your boxes don't work.Apparently the manager said I cant make the rats go in the boxes.No he can't but then he should be using another method.Im sick of listening some people like rats cause they are so clever and your neighbour seems to be like that.For gods sake these rats carry diseases chew your electric cables and ruin the foundations of the house,were is the commonsenseI have now had to pay for my own pest control.They also prioritise their fencing even though it belongs to them discriminate make you pay to replace your neighbours own fence with a new one and then decide to do all the others but you are not suppose to feel discrimination.Its not what you know it's who you know in the 13 group Middlesbrough council need to take the stock of houses back and pest control services.I dread having to ring about anything to the 13 group the more you don't care about your home the more you get.

Absolutely disgusting
Housing officer Matt for portrack and his colleagues ,hasn't bothered about getting repairs done
But can threaten to Evict if a emotional support animal is not removed or destroyed, (that is licensed and registered) that was the only comfort for a seriously ill child with a short lifespan and for that colleague that called my son saying "waste of time trying to pull on heartstrings "
You are disgusting ,vile supposed human beings 😒

Very good thanks

My parents started a right to buy process for the property they live in almost 12 months ago!! The communication from Thirteen is absolutely abysmal.
No-one wants to take ownership of phone calls. The complaints team ignored their official complaint and the right to buy team and legal team dont do their jobs either.
Even with the housing ombudsman involved we are getting nowhere.
My parents have been put through an immense amount of stress, all totally avoidable.
I feel for anyone having to have any dealings with Thirteen - good luck!

I live in an over 55s bungalow in Greatham, Hartlepool. I need to move back to Middlesbrough as soon as possible, owing to the fact that I need to care for my elderly mum. I have to go to Middlesbrough every day on public transport in order to do her shopping and check that she is ok. On top of that I work in Middlesbrough and all my family and friends are there. I am lonely, miserable and depressed. I feel trapped in a quiet village miles from anywhere. Thirteen have similar bungalows in Coulby Newham, I saw one advertised at the beginning of January, but they won't let me swap. I emailed them about my problem back in September. I received a reply from a guy called Alex who said I didn't have a case, the only way they will listen to me is if I go down the mental health route and go to the doctors. I shouldn't have to do that. I have a lovely bungalow to swap. Surely it wouldn't be any skin off their nose to move me into the Coulby bungalow and advertise the empty Greatham one.

I've been with them 25 years though the su shone out of them but last few years it's anything and any excuse not to pay out for repairs I've been made to wait over 15 months fir a fence that blew down in storm and they have done e erything they can to blame me totally disgusted and after 25 years I'm gonna save up and leave they arnt what they were there all about money now and how they can get it regardless of who they stand on

Have had a problem with my kitchen light for months now, and reported some time ago.
No light, and sparks coming out of the switch, and was told the first appointment is 7/1/2025. They take your rent but don't want to know about their tenants. Biggest mistake of my life moving to these COWBOYS

We got offered a house with thirteen from council bidding.went through all the forms, accepted the house on the Wednesday. Then was booked in to sign the contract at the house on Friday. But the evening before my wife went to A&E with pain and ending up with a emergency surgery Friday morning. When I let them know that my wife was in surgery and wouldn't be out of hospital the same day the adviser went in a huff saying well we need her here today to sign joint contract if not we have another person lined up to take the house even tho we accepted the house. And then I said we can sign it the Monday or Tuesday when she is out She said they losing money all the time house is empty. The customer service was shocking and selfish all about the money and not someones health.

Thirteen housing never follow up on repairs, 5 months since they came out and looked at the big crack in the wall , gave some excuse about problem getting the bricks never thought to let us no what was going on. The repair I had today turns up to fill some holes in the kitchen, fobs me of with it’s a multi trade job and needs to rebook it with a joiner to come back with him to take a shelf out of the kitchen cupboard tells me he only has an hour for the job but he needs 4 hours to take a shelf out and fill some holes , anyway he manages to go sit in the van outside for 1 hour and 10 minutes before he goes off to his next job , thirteen housing need to chase up why so many repairs never get completed very disappointing

I needed to do a transfer of Equity from a joint mortgage to a single person. I had everything confirmed for the mortgage and a solicitor for the conveyancing. Thirteen needed a further affordability check and told me that it was the law I went through TMP. I was not happy to use this company when they started asking for financial detailsfor someone not involved in the remortgage. I was just repeatedly told you have to use them it is the law. I said I would happily give details to another company but they refused. I explained that if I could not have the mortgage in my name then I would just hand the property back, or they could try and get payment from the Joint mortgage holder but that they had no money with which to pay so could not say how long they would payment they told me to sell the house myself. I told them I was not going to put myself through that stress and they just repeated again it was the law. I was not refusing the assessment just the company they use. They would rather the property fell into arrears and be repossessed than use an alternative. I have read nothing but bad reviews about this Group. I have always paid on time never missing once and the Bank said they were very happy, not so Thirteen. It took me seven months to do the original purchase and they would rather leave the house empty than accept my request. I have seen very bad reviews about the company they use and am not surprised they are a god match. I am so disappointed with their customer service which is nil. I would never have purchased from them had I looked deeper in the first place

Thirteen Middlesbrough area’s emergency call out policy is within 24 hours with no exception for vulnerable customers living alone whose necessary urgent repair is of a health and safety issue. The repair team are power struck and I believe set out to wind customers up, trying their best to get into an argument. Appalling, the repair policy is shameful and puts peoples’ lives at risk.

Be warned record everything
Doesant investigate complaints
Poor housing Disrepair
Health and safety issues ignored
Constant will blame tenant
For the own failures they will blame tenants, serouse malidistration, strong advice (Get a independent surveyors report) poor repairs standards, more worrying want document investigate accidents or Injury, document record everything protect yourself because if the CEO ignores your serious complaints No one else will help you. If you've got evidence and complain, they will blank you

Customer service is argumentative and will try to avoid addressing any issues. People above customer service are hostile will openly say that the issues put forward are not true all in a bid to avoid doing anything or taking any sort of accountability . You are treated as the problem for making contact.