I am the Secretary and newly appointed Treasurer of an Association and would like to do something more productive with our reserves. We have a separate Barclays current account for receipt of leaseholders service charges and payment of monthly invoices such as garden contractor invoices. We also have a Barclays Business Saver account for our reserves […]
Do we need an S20 for Insurance renewal. Do we even need to inform Residents of our decision apart from politeness and transparency of all the different quotes. Also, while I am asking, may I ask you whether we need an S20 for Utilities renewal e.g. Electricity. We are a Block of 97 Flats and self-managed. […]
The Association is formally recognised. The Landlord has created a Management Company to run the Village which we pay all the costs for through our Service Charges. The new Manager of the Management Company has orally advised that some of the work previously undertaken for residents in the Retirement Village will no longer be performed. […]
I am chairman of a Management Company for some 41 flats and freehold properties. We also own the freehold to the overall site (excl freehold properties), and around 50% of the site is woodland. One of our neighbours whose land abuts ours is dumping his grasscuttings over the fence onto our land. I have discussed […]
Regarding the S20 process. At the point (Stage 2) where lessees have been consulted on the estimates obtained, is it reasonable or legal for a lessee at this point (who happens to have a company that does painting , flooring etc) , having seen the estimates already obtained, to offer an estimate that underbids those […]
We want to get professional advice, for which we are prepared to pay, from a specialist in planning issues. We wonder if you could suggest someone, preferably not from Plymouth. Briefly the issue is that some additional parking spaces were created for residents’ visitors when our apartment block was built in 2004, as a result […]
We are a management company with directors who are all leaseholds with one exception who was a leaseholder but sold her property but was persuaded to stay on as a director. We have managed the company ourselves without the use of an outside managing agent. There are 28 properties. We are about to appoint one […]
At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors the issue of installation of stair lifts was raised as we have an ageing population. The only access to the blocks(3) is via steps into the buildings and flats are on three floors. Directors want to develop a policy about the installation of stair lifts that […]
In the Summer 2014 Magazine there was an article “Valuable Wine in Common Parts” We currently have a similar problem [not wine] namely personal items stored in the meter cupboard. In the reply from FPRA, Hon.Consultant, Colin Cohen, mentions it would be against health & safety legislation to store any items in the cupboards which houses any […]
A lot of the directors’ time is wasted in sending reminders to leaseholders who do not pay their service charge on the due date or who pay the wrong amount. To encourage prompt payment we recently informed everyone that in future we would impose an administration charge of £30 for late payment. However one leaseholder […]
