Monthly Archive: Apr, 2024

Property Institute releases benchmarking data on service charges – CBW is double the average on BSA costs but CBWRA will not challenge

The Property Institute has released benchmarking data for service charges based on nearly 14,000 properties across 108 developments. There is a lot of interesting data including the Buildings Safety Act costs which TPI… Continue reading

Government highlight overcharging for Building Safety Act costs by managing agents

At the end of 2023 I reported on the estimated £400,000 which Rendall and Rittner plans to charge Chelsea Bridge Wharf residents in relation to costs from the Building Safety Act 2022. I… Continue reading

CBWRA 2024 Chair Elections – 91% of leaseholders did not (or could not) vote

Another sad day for democracy in the banana republic. Election (if you can call it that) results below. Thanks so much to all of those who supported me even if most of you… Continue reading

CBWRA committee member resigns after alleged anti-semitic tweets/tweets calling for military action against the UK

I understand that a CBWRA committee member has resigned following these tweets, although they continue to deny that they are the author. The (former) committee member claims that someone they fell out with… Continue reading

The latest spin and ‘newspeak’ from Larisa and Louis…where 9% becomes 74%

I was amused to receive the email today from Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall re Chair elections. They state they were ”delighted with the 74% engagement” in relation to the election.  In fact… Continue reading

Rendall and Rittner petition edging towards 5,000 signatures

https://www.change.org/p/rendall-and-rittner-and-odevo-group-enough-is-enough-residents-demand-change-and-an-answer-to-our-petition Help us get to 5,000 signatures and the submission of this petition to Rendall and Rittner Residents from a rapidly growing number of developments managed by Rendall and Rittner (approximately 4,700 residents… Continue reading

Last chance to vote in CBWRA Chair elections

Voting closes at 9pm Friday 12th April. Please vote Mike O’Driscoll:My Priorities as Chair would be to: 

2024 Chair elections – Notes from meeting of CBWRA Chair candidates with residents – 6th April (Scott House, BPS)

Dear residents,This is an update regarding the 2024 CBWRA Chair elections.We had a useful  meeting of Chair  candidates and residents on Sat 6th April  at BPS. You can access the full notes here.  As a… Continue reading

More than a week since these horrendous tweets, and CBWRA still have nothing to say

The person making these tweets sees to be a very close match to a CBWRA committee member in terms of bio, photo and writing style, although that person denies being the author. More… Continue reading

The 2024 CBWRA Chair Elections – a model of good electoral practice

No only joking:). In fact this is how the CBWRA 2024 elections, run by Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall and the meaningless ‘oversight team’ (Toby Spoerer, Stephen Thompson) look: This would… Continue reading