Overview

Maintaining the common parts of a building containing flats is a skilled task.  There are many different parts of a building containing flats including windows, roofs, stairwells, , basements, plant rooms, car parks and sometimes even sports facilities.  To maintain these common parts effectively there needs to be a maintenance plan and regular professional visits from the appropriate contractor, properly supervised.

In this section, you will find out all about the maintenance issues in flats, the legal liabilities you face and how to minimise them.  If you have more questions, require further clarification, or want to suggest an article don't forget to contact us, comment on an article or leave a comment in our forum.

PESTS IN FLATS

Are your commmunal gardens Infested with harmful Brown Tail Moth caterpillars?

Bin that din!

Hugh Davies offers an ear-witness account of one block’s battle for peace and quiet. It was bound to happen sometime.

YOUR BLOCK NEEDS YOU!

The global financial crisis means money is tight. What does it mean to your block?The credit crunch will spare no one, but for flat owners problems and opportunities can be comfortable bed partners.

Graffiti on flats: the writing’s on the wall

So you get the ‘phone call from a Mr Smith who lives in flat 3 screaming, ‘some hoodies have sprayed graffiti all over the wall again, what are you going to do about it?’

High-rise? High maintenance?

News on the Block caught up with Chainbow’s enigmatic chairman to discuss tower block management and some of the issues associated with maintaining large developments

Parking mad!

I Parking abuse in residential developments is probably the most emotive of the problems that managing agents have to address. NOTB interviewed Chris March of Countrywide Property Management...

Block patrol

I Following on from the British Security Industry Association’s (BSIA) article in the last edition of NOTB, the BSIA Police and Public Services Section Chairman, Mick Lee, examines the role that wardens are playing in securing blocks of flats and looks at the other security measures that resident associations should be considering.

Controlling asbestos in blocks

Peter Moore of Tetra Consulting discusses the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2002, which came into force in 2004, and the impact it has had on organisations in the UK...

Digital switchover & retirement housing

The prospect of digital switchover is a major concern for managers and residents of retirement housing. With an average age of owners reaching nearly 80 and many in their 90s with no close relatives, some could be left without any TV pictures.

Residential property and the control of asbestos at work regulations 2006

If you own a residential property that contains communal areas then you will need to comply with the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2006. This will include for example, hallways, lift shafts, stairs and roof spaces. The responsibility belongs to the “Duty Holder”...

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THE POLICY MOST OFTEN FORGOTTEN

Why flat owners should not forget their personal property..

Keeping your flats secure

James Hall at Lampier offers his company’s view on the policies you may need. 

WILL YOUR INSURANCE POLICY ACTUALLY PROTECT YOU?

John Byers looks at the sensitive topic of under-insurance.

Cause and effect

Jonathan Walker, of Stride Ltd, assesses the impact of the credit crunch on the property insurance market.

IT’S FOLLY TO CUT CORNERS

You need specialist flat protection? Then you require a broker to guide you...