Right to manage is under the spotlight. The Law Commission wants to make it quicker and easier for servicechargesorted.co.uk/blogs/remedies-for-leaseholders-with-an-absentee-landlord'>leaseholders to take control of the day-to-day management of their block.
If you own a flat, you can already take on the right to manage or RTM, which gives you and your neighbours rather than your landlord, responsibility for managing your building.
This includes dealing with utilities, repairs, maintenance and insurance. It is what is known as a ?no-fault? right, so servicechargesorted.co.uk/blogs/remedies-for-leaseholders-with-an-absentee-landlord'>leaseholders can exercise it without having to prove any mismanagement by their landlord.
As it stands, many people think the right to manage journey is too technical, too slow, too uncertain and too expensive.
In response the Law Commission is running a consultation to make the process more transparent and straightforward. Proposed changes include:
At Ringley we have many years of experience advising servicechargesorted.co.uk/blogs/remedies-for-leaseholders-with-an-absentee-landlord'>leaseholders on right to manage. We agree that the system is over-complicated and we look forward to seeing what comes out of the consultation. Anything that makes the process more user-friendly for servicechargesorted.co.uk/blogs/remedies-for-leaseholders-with-an-absentee-landlord'>leaseholders has to be a good thing. But any changes to the existing system may take some time, so if you are already committed to the RTM route or are thinking of doing so in the near future and would like some help, take a look at the Ringley website where we have lots of useful information. We have RTM specialists ready to take your call and we are also about to produce an E-book helping servicechargesorted.co.uk/blogs/remedies-for-leaseholders-with-an-absentee-landlord'>leaseholders through the process that will be ready to download in the next few weeks.
Finally, if you would like to share your RTM journey and take part in the consultation, you can find the online response form here. The right to manage consultation will be open until 30 April 2019.
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