Block Management Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth 's No 1 Managing agent

Block and Estate Management is about the minutia done well: the role of a Managing Agent is technical, administrative, practical and political. It takes joined up thinking to do what we do well as well as sufficient resource to react to whatever is necessary day-to-day.

As a Managing Agent we know our true business is building relationships with people. Our people are empowered and know that they can make a difference to how people feel about where they live. We call our 'Property Manager's 'Relationship Managers’ to embody our values which are to build relationships, add value, and to take the initiative. We lead the market in transparency and focusing on risk, cash, repairs and place making, usually in that order, and was the first Managing Agent to introduce a ' money back guarantee ’.

Being who we are would be impossible without our passionately committed people, whose qualifications we sponsor and who we support professionally to be the best they can be, as achieving a national training award and our Silver IIP status confirms.

Block Management Packages

An online service, like internet banking: we run demands, arrears, service charge accounts & legal admin, you set the budget and upload invoices to pay

How to change Managing Agent

Changing Managing Agent needn’t be daunting, we have a team dedicated to gathering information, benchmarking leases and setting up plant registers

Learn more arrow

Ringley’s Top 10 Tips

There’s a lot you need to know to run the service charge properly: politics, law, building pathology, financial accounting, company matters, here’s a few tips

Learn more arrow

Can’t afford a Managing Agent?

We understand the minimum fees of a full block management service may be prohibitive to small blocks – that’s why we created
www.servicechargesorted.co.uk

Regulated by

The Ringley Group is regulated by all three major bodies - Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Solicitors Regulation Authority, and the Financial Conduct Authority.

Members of

We have professional memberships in The Property Institute, The Association of Rental Living, The Institute of Fire Safety Managers, Chartered Association of Building Engineers.

We empower teams out on site

Site staff are the eyes and ears of the developments we manage, they are fully connected to our customer relationship management systems. The work they do is visible to residents, e.g., day books and end of shift inspections on the Ringley Gateway portal.

We see success as the emotional connection of each resident to where they live, so the task is simple... to empower site teams to make a difference on resident at a time.

We hire and place a range of site staff including: Concierge, Caretakers, Housekeeping, Cleaners, Gardeners, Maintenance Engineers and more…
read more about site staff solutions


Block Management Overview
for RTM Companies
for FMC
for RMC
for Estates of Houses
for Freeholder Investors
Ground Rent Collection
How to Change Agent
Block Management Packages
Can't Afford an Agent?
Section 20 Major Works
Ringley's Top 10 Tips
Staff on Site
Block Management Overview

Block and Estate Management is about the minutia done well: the role of a Managing Agent is technical, administrative, practical and political. It takes joined up thinking from a multi-disciplined team with one eye on the strategic long term plan and with sufficient resource to react to whatever is necessary day-to-day: the skills that block and estate management spans are: politics, building pathology, finance, legal knowhow and of course customer service too.

As a leading Managing Agent, we are a one-stop-property shop. We understand that our role is sometimes signposting Clients to get expert advice and supporting them to interpret such advice and make decisions. We support and help owners reach out to government and other local services where matters are beyond our day-to-day block management remit.

As a Managing Agent we know our true business is building relationships with people. Our people are empowered and know that they can make a difference to how people feel about where they live. We call our 'Property Manager's 'Relationship Managers' as our focus which is written up in our values is (a) to build relationships, (b) add value, and (c) to take the initiative: to us this means managing relationships. We lead the market in transparency and focusing on risk, cash, repairs and place making, usually in that order, and was the first Managing Agent to introduce a 'money back guarantee'.

We are not shy of hard work and believe our ability to get stuck in and find solutions that sets us apart. We are innovative to the core and committed to implementing good ideas in pursuit of 5* service.

Being who we are would be impossible without our passionately committed people, whose qualifications we sponsor and who we support professionally to be the best they can be, as achieving a national training award and our Silver IIP status confirms.


Block Management Reviews

"I have lived here for two years now and I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here. The location and amenities are fantastic and the apartments are spacious, modern and homely. The app and events managed by the building make it feel like a true community and the lettings and events coordinator is kind, proactive and accommodating. She has made our time here all the more enjoyable and we cannot thank her enough."

Tom Corlett 116 days ago

"The lettings agents been absolutely spot-on. Always quick to sort things, proper sound, and no messing about. Had a washing machine on the blink recently, and she got it sorted faster than I could put the kettle on. If you’re after someone reliable who gets things done Cheers for everything!"

Vinay Choudhary 64 days ago

"We have had a problem with noise from the flat above us in Lady Isle House Ferry Court Cardiff. We contacted a Mr Paul Staniforth who immediately became involved and addressed the situation. We really do appreciate what he has done for us and cannot thank him enough. Once again a big thank you to Mr Staniforth. The noise above was intolerable."

Shane, 2 days ago

We work alongside those deploying capital: our VirginLand by Ringley identify sites, our capital markets team work on equity and debt, our Asset Managers act as Employer’s Agent during the build for Project Monitoring. Towards Practical Completion we will be preparing always to mobilse new assets, take plant handover, recruit great teams and lease up fast.

Institutions

We work to enhance the value of our Client’s asset and demonstrate good governance. To us this means engaging with leaseholders, residents and other stakeholders to ensure they are engaged with the management of each development.

Investors

Our aim is to make Management Company Directors feel empowered: to us this means 100% transparency and advising them of the options available to support decision making. We know volunteer directors have a day job, so work to delivery what they need in a timely manner and guide them on the decisions we need.

Management Companies

Within The Ringley Group we have a range of professional practices to enable transactions: Land Find, Valuers, Surveyors, Engineers and of course Ringley Law.
We work closely with official receivers, asset owners, lenders and tax consultants to support property owners throughout each assets lifecycle.

Home Owners

We work alongside those deploying capital: our VirginLand by Ringley identify sites, our capital markets team work on equity and debt, our Asset Managers act as Employer’s Agent during the build for Project Monitoring. Towards Practical Completion we will be preparing always to mobilse new assets, take plant handover, recruit great teams and lease up fast.
We work to enhance the value of our Client’s asset and demonstrate good governance. To us this means engaging with leaseholders, residents and other stakeholders to ensure they are engaged with the management of each development.
Our aim is to make Management Company Directors feel empowered: to us this means 100% transparency and advising them of the options available to support decision making. We know volunteer directors have a day job, so work to delivery what they need in a timely manner and guide them on the decisions we need.
Within The Ringley Group we have a range of professional practices to enable transactions: Land Find, Valuers, Surveyors, Engineers and of course Ringley Law.
We work closely with official receivers, asset owners, lenders and tax consultants to support property owners throughout each assets lifecycle.
Why Ringley?

Ringley is a group of companies. We are a diverse bunch with far reaching expertise in law, engineering, fire surveying and facilities management. Our data-led in-sourced model will save you money and we will listen, understand your goals and get things done. We are innovative and solutions oriented.

We promise:
  • 100% transparency
  • to find solutions
  • focused committed people

We're confident our teams will rise to any challenge, so... if you're not happy after 6 months, we will do the right thing

Why Ringley?

As a group of companies we are a diverse bunch with enough experts on board to be a one-stop-property-shop. We listen and align to each Client's goals so each of us knows what needs to be done all the while remaining innovative and solutions oriented - as a team - One Ringley.

We promise:
  • 100% transparency
  • to network and find solutions
  • focused committed people

We're confident our teams will rise to any challenge presented, so...
If you're not happy after 6 months, we will do the right thing

Our Block Management Leaders

The key to our success is our people

Kate Robinson
Head of Block Management
London & SE
Richard Read
Head of Block Management
Wales & West
Andrew Selwyn
Managing Director
South West
Nick Pratt
National Head of Site Staff
Block Management

Richard

Cardiff Office

Head of Block Management - Wales & West

Kate

London Office

Head of Block Management - London & SE

Nick

London Office

Block Management - National Head of Site Staff


Everything you need to know about Rickmansworth

Best places to eat out in Rickmansworth

History of Rickmansworth

Most prestigious roads in Rickmansworth

Things to do in Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth - Cultural Scene

History of Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth is situated in Hertfordshire, in the Three Rivers District, to the north-west of London. It is 17 miles from the centre of London. The first name was recorded in Saxon times: "Ryckmer", named after a local landowner, "worth", meaning a farm or stockade. During the reign of King William I, "The Conqueror", (1066-1087), the Domesday Book published in 1086, shows the area as the Manor of Prichemaresworde. At this time, the population was around 200. During the Medieval era, the town had numerous different variations on its name.
The wider area, including Croxley Green, Moor Park, Batchworth, Mill End, West Hyde and Chorleywood, formed the original parish of Rickmansworth. In around 1270, St. Mary's Parish Church, Rickmansworth, was first built. Nothing remains of these buildings today. The church had a turbulent history. For example, some time between 1514 and 1529, during the early period of the Reformation, conversion from Catholicism to Protestantism, some parishioners were angry at ecclesiastical malpractices of Protestantism. They broke into the church and caused much damage. The years after the Reformation were difficult: although the present tower was added in 1630, ten years later the church was further damaged. The church was in such bad condition that it had to be rebuilt, first in 1826, and then in the late 1880s.
In 1851, during the Victorian era, the population was 4,800, and the parish was divided. The Three Rivers, the Colne, Chess and Gade, were important for the watercress trade, and power for corn milling, silk weaving, paper making and brewing. Other industries have included leather-tanning, soft drinks, laundry-plaiting and stocking production. Today, the rivers, canal and flooded gravel pits provide for recreation. 
In 1862, the first Rickmansworth station, was on a 4.5 mile single track railway line, on the Watford and Rickmansworth Railway (WRR), between Rickmansworth and Watford. The original railway was not a financial success. In 1887, Rickmansworth station was opened, as the terminus of the Metropolitan Railway's extension from Pinner. In 1889, the line was extended from Rickmansworth to Chesham. In 1898, Rickmansworth was shared with the Great Central Railway, which reached Quainton Road. The Rickmansworth Underground station we know today, is on the Metropolitan Line. 
Rickmansworth was significantly developed during the Victorian era. In the 1920s and 1930s, the area was referred to as Metroland, due to the extension of the Metropolitan Railway. Thus Rickmansworth became a thriving, commuter town, popular with affluent people. The town remains pleasant, surrounded by nature, and is ideal for commuters. 

Visit our main Pages
Ringley Group 
Block management 
Asset Management 
Leasehold Guidance
Ringley Law

Most prestigious roads in Rickmansworth

Trend & Thomas have on offer Wharf Lane, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, WD3. This is a prestigious development, with electric gated entrance, and provides secure parking for residents. The average for a two bedroom apartment is £575,000.
There is double glazing throughout the apartment. The entrance hall provides access to all rooms. The living/dining room is generous and spacious, with access to the private balcony. The kitchen has modern fitted appliances. There are two large sized double bedrooms, with built in wardrobes and an en-suite shower room to the main bedroom. There is ample eaved storage to bedroom two. 
The development is close to open green spaces, and the River Chess is a short walk away. The nearest station is Rickmansworth, Underground, 0.2 miles away. 

Visit our main Pages
Ringley Group 
Block management 
Asset Management 
Leasehold Guidance
Ringley Law

Best places to eat out in Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth offers a delightful range of dining options. Here are some top picks:

  • : Located on Rickmansworth Road, this pub offers a cozy atmosphere and a diverse menu. Contact: 01923 282053.

  • : Situated at The Clarendon, Redhall Lane, Chandler's Cross, this restaurant is known for its high-quality steaks and elegant setting. Contact: 01923 264580.

  • : Found at 136 Watford Road, this spot is perfect for a casual meal with its fresh and flavorful dishes. Contact: 01923 460597.

  • : Located at 41 Green Lane, Northwood, this Argentinian restaurant is a favorite for its authentic flavors. Contact: 01923 829499.

Visit our main Pages
Ringley Group 
Block management 
Asset Management 
Leasehold Guidance
Ringley Law

Things to do in Rickmansworth

Rickmansworth offers a range of activities for visitors of all ages, whether you enjoy outdoor adventures, historical exploration, or local shopping. Here are ten things to do in Rickmansworth:

  1. Visit the Aquadrome Nature Reserve
    The Rickmansworth Aquadrome is a beautiful park with a large lake, walking trails, and abundant wildlife. It’s perfect for a day of picnicking, walking, or birdwatching.
  2. Explore the Grand Union Canal
    Take a stroll along the Grand Union Canal, which runs through Rickmansworth. You can walk, cycle, or enjoy a peaceful boat ride along this scenic waterway.
  3. Rickmansworth Museum
    For a deeper dive into the local history, visit the Rickmansworth Museum. It features exhibits on the town’s development, including its industrial past, local archaeology, and heritage.
  4. Cassiobury Park
    Located just a short distance from Rickmansworth, Cassiobury Park in Watford offers expansive green spaces, a children's play area, and walking trails along the River Gade.
  5. Chorleywood Common
    Chorleywood Common offers a great location for walking, picnicking, and enjoying outdoor sports. The open space and surrounding woodlands make it a popular spot for locals and visitors alike.
  6. Visit St Mary’s Church
    Rickmansworth is home to St Mary’s Church, a historic building dating back to the 12th century. The church boasts impressive architecture and a peaceful atmosphere.
  7. Go Shopping in Rickmansworth High Street
    Rickmansworth High Street offers a variety of independent shops, boutiques, cafes, and restaurants. It’s a great spot for a leisurely day of shopping and dining.
  8. Take a Boat Trip on the River Colne
    Explore Rickmansworth from a different perspective with a boat trip on the River Colne. It’s a relaxing way to enjoy the scenic beauty of the area.
  9. Enjoy a Day at the Rickmansworth Golf Course
    For golf enthusiasts, Rickmansworth Golf Course offers a scenic and well-maintained 18-hole course. It’s an ideal spot for both beginners and seasoned golfers.
  10. Hike the Chiltern Hills
    The nearby Chiltern Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, offer a variety of hiking trails with breathtaking views over the English countryside.
  11. Visit our main Pages
    Ringley Group 
    Block management 
    Asset Management 
    Leasehold Guidance
    Ringley Law

Rickmansworth - Cultural Scene

Rickmansworth, though a small town, has a rich cultural scene with events and attractions that celebrate the town's history and local talent. Here are some of the cultural highlights of Rickmansworth:

  1. Rickmansworth Festival
    An annual event that celebrates local culture, music, arts, and history. The festival is a highlight of the year, offering family-friendly activities, performances, and food stalls.
  2. Rickmansworth Museum
    The Rickmansworth Museum is a cultural hub that showcases the history of the town and its surrounding areas. It provides valuable insight into the local heritage and offers engaging exhibitions for visitors of all ages.
  3. St. Mary's Church
    The historic St. Mary’s Church, with its beautiful architecture and peaceful setting, plays a role in the local cultural landscape, hosting services and events throughout the year.
  4. Cultural Walks and Tours
    Rickmansworth offers various walking tours that explore the town’s history, architecture, and natural surroundings. These tours provide an opportunity to learn about local heritage while enjoying the town’s scenic beauty.
  5. Theatre at the Elgiva Theatre
    Located nearby in Chesham, the Elgiva Theatre offers a range of cultural performances, including plays, musicals, and comedy shows. It’s a great place to enjoy live entertainment.
  6. Local Art Exhibitions
    Throughout the year, Rickmansworth hosts various art exhibitions showcasing local artists and craftsmen. The town has a vibrant art community, with galleries and pop-up events showcasing their work.
  7. Chorleywood Film Club
    A small but dedicated film club in the nearby village of Chorleywood, offering screenings of classic films, independent films, and other cinematic events for film lovers.
  8. Traditional English Pubs
    Rickmansworth’s traditional pubs play a key role in the town’s social scene. Many of them host live music events and local entertainment, adding to the town’s cultural atmosphere.
  9. Local History Talks
    Rickmansworth has a tradition of hosting history talks and lectures, where local historians share their knowledge of the town’s past, including its industrial and agricultural heritage.
  10. Rickmansworth Local Arts & Crafts
    The local arts and crafts community is thriving, with local markets and workshops that highlight handmade products and artisan creations from Rickmansworth residents.

Visit our main Pages
Ringley Group 
Block management 
Asset Management 
Leasehold Guidance
Ringley Law