Overview

Right to Manage gives flat owners the legal right to control the management of their building.  This process provides a relatively inexpensive and speedy solution for resolving the existing management issues/disputes that frequently arise.  It is important to note that the right to manage is a no-fault procedure and often a pragmatic way forward for

In this section you will find lots of guidance, commentary and explanation about the Right to Manage.  This is enhanced by a collection of useful downloads providing you with the template documents you need to start on the right to manage process.  If you still have questions or require further clarification, don’t forget to contact us, comment on an article or leave a comment in our forum.

Why residential management companies need an experienced or professional company secretary

Management - Professional OR DIY BLOCK Management ...or both?

Resident Management Companies (RMCs), are always set up with the best of intentions and usually managed by a core of concerned and determined leaseholders. However, regardless of best intentions, many buildings run by RMCs tend to hit trouble.

MERGER MANIA HITS MANAGING AGENTS

Why residential management companies (RMC's) need an experienced or professional company secretary

Why residential management companies need an experienced or professional company secretary The Management Company The majority of decisions made by residents in blocks of flats are made by their own management companies. Management companies are private limited companies. They represent the collective needs of the individual flat owners – who will have acquired a pro-rata shareholding or membership in the management company on the purchase of their flat.

Merger Mania Hits Managing Agents

Postcards from Seagull Towers… picking the right managing agent

RIGHT TO MANAGE (RTM)

Right to Manage (RTM) is a no-fault procedure provided by statute enabling falt owners (leaseholders) to take over the management of their building. Read on to find out more...

How to handle an underperforming managing agent

If your managing agent isn’t doing their job properly, what steps can you take to rectify the situation? We spoke to the FPRA’s John Peartree about what to do when you aren’t happy with the managing agent’s performance, and look at all the options available to the dissatisfied leaseholder.

Choosing a managing agent for your block

So you need to find a managing agent for your block of flats. The good news is that you have this book, which is an excellent resource for finding one. However, now you have several hundred companies from which to choose, so where do you start? Here, we look at how to approach the hunt for the perfect agent.

Your Legal Toolkit - appoint a manager

In the sixth series of plain-English legal articles, Yashmin Mistry, solicitor of Brethertons LLP highlights an area of law of interest to leaseholders – The Right to Appoint a Manager...

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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

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