Reserve fund explained

What is a reserve fund I hear you ask? Well come along and take a peek at our latest blog to give you the details..

Fire Doors

For information on fire door safety for residential blocks of flats and legal requirements, take a look at our latest blog post.

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Managing Agent Fees

To find out more on managing agent fees and our thoughts, take a peek here..

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What to expect from a managing agent?

If you are not sure where to start in looking for a managing agent, take a look at our new blog post to help put you in the right direction!

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Service Charges Explained Part Two

Part 2 of Service charges where we go into more detail on this interesting and in depth subject. Demands, what can be included in a service charge request, reasonability, challenging costs with the first tier tribunal - grab a coffee and take a peek..

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Service charges Explained Part One

Delve into this blog post if you would like more clarity around residential service charges, what they are, legislation surrounding them and when they can be withheld.

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What is a lease?

If you own a flat in a shared building as a leaseholder or freeholder, find out what you need to know about a residential lease in this blog post..

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Cyclical Maintenance

Find out what you need to know about this tongue twister…it can affect the value of your asset and the buildings insurance if its disregarded so read on to see what you need to do to avoid this…

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What is Right to Manage?

If you are interested in how to take over the management of your building from an existing freeholder, we have broken it down for you in this post..

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Why choose a managing agent?

Read the full post to find out why a good managing agent is vital to ensure you don’t become personally negligent in your duties as a director/freeholder and to maintain the value of your home/investment.

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