Yarlington's painting the district red ..... blue, yellow, orange - whatever colour you want!

THE Yeovil-based Yarlington Housing Association is giving tenants a greater choice over the colours used to decorate their homes - after launching a pilot project with Dulux Decorator Centres.

Yarlington made the decision to offer paint packs to residents after consultation with over 300 housing applicants showed that 75% would be ‘very happy’ or ‘happy’ to be offered decoration vouchers allowing them to decorate to their own style and taste.

The new scheme is being offered to all general need tenants moving into an empty re-let Yarlington property and will result in the properties being re-let more quickly enabling more homes to be made available to those on the waiting lists.

New Yarlington residents, Bonita Cheslin and Ben Baxter, who have just moved into their new home in Ilminster, were the first residents to use their paint pack vouchers at the Dulux Decorator Store in Yeovil.

PHOTO - ABOVE: Yarlington voids manager Steve Newman, left, with tenants Ben Baxter and Bonita Cheslin and children Chase and Corahh along with Yarlington lettings manager  Chloe Deacon.

Bonita said: "I think it’s a great idea. We have the choice to paint our rooms in the colours we want – it’s outstanding.

"We are very excited about decorating our ten week old daughter’s nursery with the baby pink colour we picked out ourselves!"

Her partner, Ben, added: "For a young family like us, it’s brilliant. We’ve never had this opportunity before."

Dulux's customer support manager, Richard Morgan, said: "We are pleased to be working in partnership with Yarlington to provide residents with great discounts on professional painting and decorating materials.

"Our expert staff are able to offer friendly advice on putting colour schemes together, selecting products and applying them properly. As well as having access to the right products, tenants will be inspired to use them creatively in their homes."

Current tenants of Yarlington will receive up to 23% discount on Dulux decorating products when they present proof of their tenancy with Yarlington, enabling them to give their homes a new coat of colour too.

Yarlington's letting manager, Chloe Deacon, added: "We all have individual tastes within our home, so it’s great to be able to offer residents complete choice of colours as well as providing the necessary materials to decorate their home. So far, residents have been thrilled with our new service."

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