24 November 2024Dear Member,The FPRA recently ran a joint webinar with the BHESCo | Brighton & Hove Energy Services Co-operative and they are undertaking feasibility studies for blocks of flats with communal heating systems powered by fossil-fuel boilers, i.e. oil and gas. Government grant funding under the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) scheme can fully […]
Dear MembersWe are delighted to announce our next live webinar on Cladding Remediation hosted by our Chairman Bob Smytherman, and our guest speakers from Envoy Projects. In response to the Grenfell tragedy, Envoy Projects was set up to specialise in the cladding remediation of facades to residential buildings. As a specialist division of Colorminium London, […]
We are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: September Edition This month’s issue focusses on Valuations in Property Management. Our amazing contributors have covered everything from equity release for leasehold flats to how insurance companies utilise reinstatement cost assessments. Flat Living and Property Management Recruitment are excited to announce the return of the Property Management […]
AGM Wednesday 13 November 5.00 pm – 8.00 pm Victory Services Club, London, W2 2HF. Please email info@fpra.org.uk for more information. Formal notices to be sent to the main contact by email in early October ALEP Conference – Thursday 15 October – Royal College of Physicians, Regents Park, London. The FPRA have a stand at […]
Gas Safety Week takes place on 9 -15 September 2024. Celebrating its fourteenth year, the theme for this year is ‘Checking – Every Check Counts’, emphasising the importance of, amongst other things, regular gas safety checks.This theme can also be applied in multiple ways for example, checking an engineer’s Gas Safe ID card, checking in […]
Dear membersThe autumn edition of the FPRA newsletter is here and ready for you to read now.It’s another bumper issue with its front page dedicated to FPRA’s forthcoming AGM in November – please save the date! – plus an article on page 4 regarding FPRA’s five-year plan and its future direction.In addition to a host […]
The office has received a email from LEASE pertaining to the cost of buildings insurance, reproduced below….. We have launched a survey about the costs of buildings insurance. It will help ministers and officials create better policies to address these costs. Please click here to complete the survey This survey has been created with help […]
We are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: August Edition This month’s issue focusses on Major Works and Service Charges. Our contributors have covered everything from reviewing and challenging service charges to the impact of the Leasehold Reform on service charges and the importance of internal works in residential blocks. Be sure to visit page […]
From Chairman Bob Smytherman, a copy of the slides from the recent Building Safety Alliance meetingAlliance Forum Meeting 11 July 24 – FINAL including DD slidesDownload
12th July 2024 We are pleased to present Flat Living Magazine: July Edition This month’s issue focusses on Health & Safety and Fire Safety. Our contributors have covered everything from building safety to firefighting lifts. Don’t forget to visit page 8 for more on the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles funding for electric vehicle […]
