SelfManageBlock

leaseholder property professional that has worked for developers and Managing Agents. Now a professional Director for an RTM taking back control for residents

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@LucieGutfreund @nearlylegal @EOCS_Official The fact about Housing Associations is that they don’t understand how to do Service Charge correctly. They use benchmarking to create the first SC then don’t update it or correctly manage the accounts. They also work to a financial year not the Lease year so use true up-

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@NLC_2019 @danielmgmoylan @michaelgove @LKPleasehold @martinboydlkp @HomeOwnersAll @PropertymarkUK He sounds either ill informed or compromised!

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@NIGELBURTON1 @BBCNews Having worked for a developer writing service charges I was always made to make the £/sqft £2. Even when I could prove it should be £3 +

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@MattLismore It depends when it was built. If it is an older building it is most probably legal but if financially viable it is expected under the BEIS regulations to be upgraded and billed individually

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@LucieGutfreund @katesineed @Newsfromthefut4 @GeorginaWordy @LifeInKilburn @homegroup There are rules around heat networks and how the billing should work. I have run many systems and it is mainly down to how well they were installed and then how well they are looked after. Done well they can be ok, poorly and they will cost a fortune

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@NormaCohen3 @xciv @FreeLeasehlders HA don’t operate the Service charge finance in a transparent way. This is because they treat it the same way they treat the cost of servicing the rentals. I tried to explain this to the CFO of a large HA. Problem is they won’t change to deliver transparency are cost to much!

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@Newsfromthefut4 @GeorginaWordy @LifeInKilburn @LucieGutfreund @homegroup The problem starts at building design. I spent hours explaining to architects why they should do something’s and not others. One place with 250 apartments had 13 lifts!! Underground bin store for 50 bins. Now that was just needless expense that would cost leaseholders a fortun

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@LucieGutfreund @LifeInKilburn @homegroup Some do. When mobilising the first sales always had to get below £2.20 per sqft when the real cost would be a minimum of £3.20.

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@2mod2 @Conservatives @AngelaRayner @UKLabour I don’t think they really understand the issue and difference between houses and flats. The ban on houses will have a negative impact on already over burdened councils and not addressing flats will continue the prevalence of Life draining Managing Agents

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@martinboydlkp @LKPleasehold @cassier_barton Martin, I would be interested in having a conversation with you. I have been seconded on to an RTM board as a professional director to try an manage an MA. Are you available to meet to discuss a better future for residents and leaseholders

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I want to see commonhold. I want to see proper leasehold ownership. I want YOU to tell me how a collective of home owners can look after the building they live in without the skills required

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@lisanandy Just absolute side stepping bullshit. We need a proper house building project through th entire country right home in the right place. Developers, councils and HA’s working together all I see is “our friends in the north” country wide

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

🚨 Massive thanks to @SkyNews for coming down and speaking to families impacted by the flood, and allowing them to share their stories.

You can catch the full report on Sky News today 📺

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@BBCPolitics Of course they will use tax money, government gives grants through Himes England to HA’s that they use to build homes.

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@LordRoyKennedy @CoopParty @LabourLordsUK @LKPleasehold @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official So glad to hear that as so many people don’t understand service charges and the cost of managing a building safely and staffing it.

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@LordRoyKennedy @CoopParty @LabourLordsUK @LKPleasehold @NLC_2019 @EOCS_Official Do you understand it. So many people think they get it but don’t really understand it fully

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@HarryScoffin @jeremycorbyn Be careful about knowing the cost of everything but the value of nothing. Cleaning is a prime example.

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@HarryScoffin @jeremycorbyn Jeremy delivers this speech on the basis of what he has been told but it is not entirely correct. There are too many MA’s that perform poorly and possibly increase their income through on costs for S20 work but you can only judge cost on a case by case basis. I know I do it

[Housing, Communities & Local Government Committee @CommonsHCLG]

This week, we heard from housing developers as part of our #leaseholdreform inquiry. The CEO of Bellway told us about how they sell freeholds to investors: https://t.co/Ocd3dA6le1