Q: We carefully read your Newsletters and it is our first port of call whenever a new matter arises. However we live in a very volatile age and what might be correct procedure this week may not be available in the following one. This time it is a chronic (9 months) dispute between neighbours. It […]
Q: I am the secretary of our residents association. Currently there is an amount in the service charge to go to a reserve fund, but, in the first year, it barely covers cost incurred. We have just received a long term maintenance plan (LTMP) from the managing agent and that would need the annual reserve […]
Q: I ask a question about the level of VAT chargeable when a flat roof replacement is carried out and includes insulation. It would appear there is contradictory advice whether this should be 5 per cent or 20 per cent. FPRA Hon Consultant Gordon Whelan replies: It depends. The reduced rate of 5 per cent […]
Q: Since taking over the day to day management of our block from agents we have become increasingly aware of some of the finer points of the lease between the freeholder and ourselves in respect of the ’common’ areas and of the lease between the freeholder and individual apartment lessees, which of course includes ourselves. […]
Q: We have a Leaseholder in our block who has rented out her flat and retained the garage for her boat and canoes etc. This means that her tenant will need to use the space in front of her garage or the visitor parking. Because we live directly opposite the beach this will cause us […]
Q: Our building has the facility of CCTV monitoring and recording of the two main reception areas and the car park. A request has been received from one of the residential Leaseholders to have the CCTV cameras routed to his apartment. Under the data protection act I have refused but he is being quite insistent, […]
Q: I am asking on behalf of one of the leaseholders in our RA. The leaseholder owns a first floor flat in a small block consisting of four flats and four ground floor commercial units. Below the flat owner is a restaurant. A leak has appeared in the ceiling of the restaurant that is in […]
Q: I am one of five directors writing on behalf our management company. Three of the directors are wishing to hold an EGM with reference to our working capabilities with two new directors which has now become untenable. Therefore we would like to hold an EGM to discuss with the shareholders the board’s position. How […]
Q: We plan to refurbish our block and we are obtaining estimates for either rendering or pointing the exterior. There are 11 flats and each has a vote on which ‘finish’ we decide on. We have a meeting to discuss estimates and we now believe there are likely to be different and vociferous views. My […]
Q: I believe there have been changes in the law which permit voting on a show of hands at company general meetings by holders of proxies, regardless of the provisions of the company’s Articles. I sense that we may have a situation at our forthcoming AGM where a shareholder who also holds another shareholder’s proxy […]
