– Urgent issue for MPs of parliamentary group on leasehold next month – Onerous lease terms in taxpayer-aided Help To Buy scheme – Ground rents doubling every 10 years from plc housebuilder The disgraceful and increasingly widespread scandal of plc housebuilders selling leasehold houses is reported in The Guardian today. It can be read here The […]
Archives for October 2016
Pauline Jones brings right to manage to retirement sites in the North West
October 28, 2016 By
Macclesfield-based managing agent Pauline Jones today has taken another retirement site right to manage: Warburton Court, in Uppermill, in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The RTM was won on the third attempt, and the entire application was handled in-house. Two earlier efforts, where solicitors were employed, hit problems and were declined by the freeholder, part of the […]
99% of FirstPort’s 3,800 service charge accounts are up to date
October 28, 2016 By
LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation has not been backward in criticising Peverel / FirstPort over the years. However, it is reasonable and fair that the company’s achievement in getting on top of the service charge accounts is recognised. Here FirstPort CEO Nigel Howell (below right) explains that more than 99% of its service charge […]
Low cost right to manage, from Urban Owners (which has done nearly 500 of them)
October 27, 2016 By
– Tech savvy company manages large, complex, mixed-use sites right down to conversions of two flats – More than 450 RTMs completed for leaseholders The latest property management company to become accredited to LKP / Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation is Urban Owners, which is an acknowledged expert in gaining leaseholders the right to manage. […]
The Guardian reports the £8,000 a year ground rents at Blythe Court
October 22, 2016 By
The Guardian newspaper has today reported the Blythe Court ground rent scandal that has left leaseholders with bills of up to £8,000 a year. In 95 years the ground rents can reach £8 million a year for a one-bedroom flat bought for £58,000, says the article, written by Guardian staff reporter Rupert Jones. It quotes […]
Guardian reports Warner Court breaking free from FirstPort and Tchenguiz
October 15, 2016 By
The Guardian newspaper today reports the right to manage struggle at Warner Court in Camberley, Surrey, and its efforts to break free of the Tchenguiz / FirstPort management. There has been a cascade of retirement right to manage applications this summer. Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation reports the issues of Warner Court here Many retirement […]
