Rendall and Rittner – service charges for 2020 go up by 17% at Chelsea Bridge Wharf (30% increase over 2 years)
On 28th Feb I received the latest service charge demand from Rendall and Rittner. The quarterly service charge from 1 April 2020 (1 bedroom flat in Warwick building) is £710.19 representing a 17% (seventeen per cent) increase on the previous year (£607.52). The inflation rate during this period was just 1.4%.
Over two years (2018-20), my service charge has increased by 30% (from £546.34 to £710.19)
It is clear that only a challenge at rent tribunal can stop this – please contact me if you wish to co-operate in such a challenge.
You can also contact Rendall and Rittner directly Jenniffer.Mann@rendallandrittner.co.uk or facilitiesmanager@chelseabridgewharf.com and ask for an explanation of the 30% service charge increase over the last 2 years, request that monthly or quarterly statements are issued to residents and demand that there should be no increase in the service charge in March 2021.
I hope you all manage to stay safe at this difficult time – I will be posting information re local resources and support in relation to COVID19 shortly.
How do we contact you if we’d like to find out more about the rent tribunal?
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Apologies for delay in responding. If you are a resident at CBW feel free to message me privately with contact details and I will keep you posted. also you may care to participate / support the case. Things have been delayed by COVID19 of course but I think it will soon be able to take things forward again. My service charge has gone up 30% in the last two years and I think there is every chance we will get a massive hike again next year – no doubt they will blame COVID19. There is always some excuse, but you have to work quite hard before they even tell you their excuse 🙂
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yes, agree that it has gone up a lot
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Hi, i am owner at CBW. Can you keep me updated? I want to replace RR
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Hi Natalia – I certainly will. Please email residents@chelseabridgewharf.org.uk and we can talk further and I will put you on my contact list for updates. Many of us certainly feel the same – the service charge increases are absurd and the attitude of many R&R management is totally unacceptable, They were appointed by Berkeley Homes, not by the residents and that explains most of the things that are wrong with how they treat residents. Many people have had enough now,
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yes certainly Natalia – I put you on my contact list 🙂
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Will service charge be lowered once we do not need the fire wardens ?
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Hi Tan – if you live in a block with fire wardens then yes in theory that should happen. But my service charges have gone up 30% in warwick over 2 years and we do not have any fire wardens as no cladding issues. So I suspect your service charges will be going up whatever happens. I am sure they will claim COVID19 has increased costs – they will always find something.
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Yes but Berkeley has agreed they will remove the cladding. When that happens, surely the whole development does not need the very expensive 24/7 fire wardens and costs of service charge should reduce, accordingly.
Thank you
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I don;t think BH have agreed to remove the cladding….. but if you have something concrete on that please do share….
But in any case the service charge rises are not just about fire wardens …R&R have made huge increases every year…
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Some years ago CBW fired the then-acting managing agents and Rendall Rittner won a tender. It’s about time we get other managing agents to submit offers and get rid of R+R. Prices are going up but issues are not getting resolved. CBW is a big piece of cake that most would jump at a chance to represent.
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I could not agree more. Rendall and Rittner were appointed by Berkeley Homes – they answer to them and not to us, the residents. They are a disgrace and need to be replaced as clearly they are incapable of change. the so called ”residents meeting” on 12th August with zero resident interaction was a joke. The are now talking about spending 1.3 million of our money (yes £1.3 million) on POND RELINING!!. 4 ponds, 1.3 million pounds. They will never change and must be replaced.
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I swear, they give half of these money back to Berkley homes… they are so corrupted.
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