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 […]
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FPRA Events 2024-25
Posted onAGM 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 2024
Posted onGas 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 […]
Autumn 2024 FPRA Newsletter now available
Posted onDear 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 […]
LEASE Buildings Insurance Survey
Posted onThe 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 […]
Flat Living August edition now online
Posted onWe 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 […]
Building Safety Alliance – slides Council meeting and next steps SIGs
Posted onFrom Chairman Bob Smytherman, a copy of the slides from the recent Building Safety Alliance meetingAlliance Forum Meeting 11 July 24 – FINAL including DD slidesDownload
Flat Living, July edition
Posted on12th 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 […]
Joint letter to Rt Hon Angela Rayner MP
Posted on5th July 2024 From Honorary Chairman Bob Smytherman “We are off to a quick start lobbying the new Government to call for Regulation of Managing Agents with a letter to new Secretary of State Angela Rayner.” Update 18th July 2024. Bob Smytherman has noted that the letter has been quoted by The Negotiator in a […]
News on the Block issue 131, June 2024
Posted onDear MembersNews on the Block’s digital edition 131 is now available to members to read online.This issue of News on the Block includes a special feature to celebrate our 21st Birthday, including some of your memories and a photo gallery from our 21st Birthday Celebration in May.”Read News on the Block, Issue 131 (PDF) >>