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Coronavirus: advice to our clients and residents

If anyone in your block is suspected of having the virus, contact your property manager as soon as possible.Coronavirus is a national issue beyond our remit ? however, we feel it is important to address the concerns of those living in the homes we manage, especially ...

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Rendered insulation: new fire risks revealed

As if residents living in blocks with flammable cladding donnt have enough to worry about, today it has emerged that rendered insulation is also being pegged as a major fire risk. While the second phase of the Grenfell inquiry continues, an estimated 20,000-plus hous...

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CMA will act on leasehold mis-selling

Bad practice in the leasehold market is old news for anyone living or working in the sector. So today's announcement that the findings of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe into the industry will lead to enforcement action is cause for optimism.In case...

Read    03/09/2020

Building owners named and shamed over cladding - but will it help?

The government has followed through on its threat to publish the names of building owners with no plan in place to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings. Five companies' names were published in the press earlier this week but is ?naming and shaming? helpful,...

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Are half a million of us living in dangerous buildings?

Beautiful flat - but many like it around the country may be blighted by building failuresThis week, the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) revealed that more than half a million people around the country could be living in unsafe buildings that met the...

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Three cheers for Help to Buy but don't forget to do your homework first

A new flat could be yours with a small deposit via Help to Buy - but do read the small print.There was good news this week for anyone hoping to buy their first flat via the Government?s Help to Buy scheme. A new and improved offer will run from 2021 to 2023, with som...

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Government announces New Homes Ombudsman

Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick confirmed yesterday that the New Homes Ombudsman will be independent and enforced in law as soon as possible to protect homebuyers from rogue developers. Under the new rules, builders will have to pay compensation for poor workmanship...

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Clean, green energy will cut household bills

We all know that cleaning up emissions from housing and industry is a huge challenge. More than a third of the UK's greenhouse gases are produced by buildings. So yesterday's announcement from Kwasi Karteng, the Minister for Business, Energy and Clean Growth was very...

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Flooding - keeping residents safe

Repair reporting software provider Fixflo, helped leaseholders and tenants deal with nearly 5000 small repairs to their homes when Storm Ciara hit the UK earlier this month. This freed up property managers to tackle the major repairs that were needed at blocks across...

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Combustible cladding: the nightmare continues...

New housing minister Christopher Pincher tweeted last Thursday, as his appointment was announced, that he was delighted to be taking up his new position in government. He was immediately inundated with messages from flat owners and campaign groups struggling to deal ...

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