Q: As Company Secretary of the freehold company I am seeking advice about a number of issues The block was built in the early 1900s. Â There are six flats in the block. It is at the end of a terrace of similar six flat blocks. Five out of the six flat owners bought the freehold […]
Q: Our questions are regarding our potentially signing up a third party managing agent to manage our block, specifically re the insurance implications. We have not yet signed the contract. The relevant Terms of Business (contract) excerpts from that supplied by the agent currently read: The Client is not required to arrange and hold directorsâ […]
Q: We are preparing to re-let our cleaning contract and our managing agents have said that they believe that we do not need to undertake a Section 20 consultation even though the contract would breach the ÂŁ100 in a year long term agreement threshold for one of our lessees, whose share of maintenance expenses, for […]
Q: I am one of four leaseholders who have an interest in a small (four units) residential property which requires a programme to replace the roof. Although the Freeholder wished to replace the roof this year, three separate surveyors (one of which was commissioned by the Freeholder) have stated that the replacement is not urgent […]
Q: I am one of the directors for our Management Company. We have recently been asked by a resident to consider the potential purchase of loft space (owned by the company on a lease of 125 years and managed by it) for a top floor flat in which he lives. It involves a payment to […]
Q: We have recently commissioned a fire risk assessment of our block (total nine flats on three storeys) from a commercial company in accordance with The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. The Local Government Association has produced a helpful guide entitled âFire Safety in purpose-built blocks of flatsâ which outlines the type of considerations […]
Q: The husband of one of our leaseholders needs wheelchair access to their ground floor flat. The Council have told the leaseholder that they canât help as the flat is privately owned and that it is the Management Companyâs responsibility. Whilst I accept that we would have to give our approval for any alterations to […]
Q: I am a member of the board of directors of the building management company. We perform all duties ourselves and no director is paid. In times gone by when flats were being sold, we would get requests from solicitors, et al, to confirm amount of maintenance to be paid and if any was owned […]
Q: We are going to make some changes to our Memorandum and Articles of Association. We wish to put in place monthly payments and setting Service Charges to be paid in advance, is this something that you can help with. We would like some help with the wording and where we need to make the […]
Q: After many incidents of lift failures, and maintenance companies putting the lifts âout of orderâ on the basis that they are unsafe/do not meet required standards, our managing agent suggested commissioning an independent consultant to review and report on the lifts and make recommendations for the required action. The cost of the report was […]
