Retirement sites that were identified by the Office of Fair Trading in the price-fixing scandal involving Peverel / Cirrus have received their “goodwill” payments, Janet Entwistle of Peverel said yesterday. At a meeting with Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation and Sir Peter Bottomley in Westminster, Entwistle said that she was confident all sites affected by […]
‘Bribes’, ‘crooked operators’, ‘villains turned angels’: Aussie baroness puts the boot into the leasehold fairytale in the Lords
February 8, 2014 By
COMMENT How impressed one has to be with the lobbying activities of the lawyers in ALEP: the Association of Leasehold Enfrachisement Practitioners. It waives a piece of paper pointing out that the powers of attorney – for those who are incapacitated – does not apply in Landlord and Tenant Law and – in no time, […]
If ANY other site thinks it was scammed by Peverel / Cirrus, contact Ed Davey or Sir Peter Bottomley
February 8, 2014 By
… and there are plenty of lawyers willing to take on this one! Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation strongly recommends that any site that believes it was scammed in the Peverel / Cirrus price-fixing scandal should raise the issue with either Sir Peter Bottomley or Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary. Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation […]
Ex-cabbie, 77, gets doubled service charges owing to anomaly in the lease
February 6, 2014 By
Alan Roth, 77, a former cabbie, has had a nasty surprise in the service charges at his one-bedroom flat in north London. For the past nine and half years he has been paying 2/148ths for his flat at Parkview Court, Newbury Park, Ilford, in service charges, amounting to £610 pounds.
FULL OFT LIST OF PEVEREL / CIRRUS SCAM SITES
February 6, 2014 By
Here is the list of all the sites involved in the OFT investigation into Peverel’s price-fixing cartel. Can any residents at these sites please contact me as soon as possible. Thanks, Sebastian
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation to meet Janet Entwistle over Cirrus scandal … but NO site that was cheated should accept Peverel’s £100,000 ‘goodwill’ payment
February 6, 2014 By
(… and one site contacts OFT saying it was left out of the investigation) Sebastian O’Kelly and Martin Boyd, of Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation, are to meet Janet Entwistle, Peverel chief executive (right), with Sir Peter Bottomley at his Westminster offices on February 10. The discussion concerns the Cirrus price-fixing scandal and Peverel’s derisory […]
Fury at Anchor Trust may spill into right to manage mutiny
January 31, 2014 By
Godman’s Court, a retirement site run by Anchor Trust near Horsham in Sussex, is in a state of indignation over a demand for more money. They have been presented with a demand for a 30 year projection of works, which means contributions to the contingency fund must increase. Residents in 21 flats face a demand […]
Surge in right to manage interest after trust in Peverel evaporates
January 31, 2014 By
The Right To Manage Federation is reporting a surge in interest in right to manage as the media takes up the Peverel / Cirrus price fixing scandal. FULL LIST OF PEVEREL’S SCAM SITES The Office of Fair Trading issued its final report into the cartel – where stooge companies bid against Peverel’s own subsidiary in […]
My six week wait … to pay Estates and Management £5,000
January 27, 2014 By
Helena Taylor, the daughter of a former resident in retirement leasehold, is furious that the sale of the property has been delayed by six weeks by Estates and Management.
House manager costs rise nine per cent at Anchor
January 27, 2014 By
Any assistance for this reader? I live in an Anchor Leasehold apartment, and our budget for next year has just been submitted to us residents. Our Estate Managers costs have risen by 9%, and on asking why we have been told that it is due to the requirement of the estate manager having a free apartment and […]
‘Peverel and Cirrus ripping off leasehold owners’ … ‘tricksy freeholders’ … ‘the corrupt ruining lives’. Another average day in the Commons …
January 24, 2014 By
… a minor change in leasehold law was interesting by passing comments to what is now generally accepted The Leasehold Knowledge Partnership – Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation’s sister website – estimate on the number of leasehold owners was repeated in the Commons today. This is a coup for Martin Boyd (left), LKP stalwart […]
OFT’s ‘leniency’ deal saved Peverel / Cirrus £4m in fines, says The Oldie
January 23, 2014 By
The cleverness Peverel demonstrated over the Cirrus scam was revealed in The Oldie magazine this week. Had Peverel not suddenly decided to come clean in December 2009 – just after the issue had been reported in the Times, but before the full Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation submission arrived in January 2010 – it could […]
