Right to Manage at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – Farewell to Rendall and Rittner. Now we need a democratic & accountable RTM Company, and an end to the censorship, bullying and culture of fear
Excellent news on Right to Manage but it’s only half the battle. As someone who has been campaigning for Right to Manage for 5 years (despite CBWRA telling us time and time again that it was impossible and saying that those arguing for RTM were liars etc), and as the person who identified Urang as the replacement agent and introduced them to CBW, I am delighted. No one should think this is the end of the story though. When RTM goes through it means that 5 unelected people, one of whom has been the subject of multiple police complaints and a history of many documented instances of online bullying and the other four who apparently defend him and most of whom have a long record of saying things to residents that are not true, including the claim, for several years up to 2023, that Right to Manage was not possible at Chelsea Bridge Wharf.
These people (the unelected directors of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Right to Manage Company) have made it very clear (e.g. leaseholder meeting on 6th November 2024) that they have no intention of holding elections for Directors of the Right to Manage company, nor will they hold an AGM or allow us, the residents, to see the contract they signed with Urang. So power will move from the freeholder to the RTM company but the RTM company have no intentions of sharing it with you and never will as long as you remain silent.
Still, phase 1 is complete (barring the unlikely event of a successful appeal by freeholder) and that’s great. Rendall and Rittner will go and that creates a great opportunity for improvement at Chelsea Bridge Wharf. The next phase has to be for residents to have democratically elected and accountable directors, otherwise RTM is unlikely to make any real difference. Please sign the petition calling for Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM Company Directors to be elected and please do not allow your self to be intimidated in any way by these people. They have been dragged kicking and screaming to RTM and only a short time ago were working against it. The efforts of myself and other leaseholders who had the courage to call out their nonsense forced them to change course. It’s a good start but we have a long way to go and the key thing is that all leaseholders have a say in how their service charges are spent, not just five unelected directors with a shocking track record.
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I hope this is the beginning of change for leaseholders in London reeling from the expensive and unquestioned unaffordable service charge rises.
Thanks to all who took today initiative and did the work
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Hi Geeta it is hopefully the start of making things better. However as I try to highlight in the article, the directors of the right to manage company are not elected and refused to have elections. They refuse to show leaseholders the contract with Urang. They never consult residents and CBWRA have a long history of telling us things which are not true. Until we have a normally functioning right to manage company which is accountable to residents and democratically elected then residents will not have any more control over things than they have now. The fact that one of the directors has been the subject of multiple police complaints and was allegedly involved in an assault on a resident which led to charges of common assault being approved by the police, and that the other directors are still happy to work with this person and defend him, says a lot about the other directors (Larissa Villar Hauser, Louis Sebastian Kendall, Toby Spoerer and Katherine Greenway) and how things will be after Right to Manage goes through.
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In my view you should make an Application to,the property Tribunal to have the directors booted off the board for refusing to provide you with the URANG contract . The leaseholders through the RTM company,have the right to access relevant documents related to the management of the building. If they won’t let you have a copy of the contract you will have to ask yourself why.
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Thanks – I am well aware of why they will not – hence I am raising the issue :). Look forward to discuss.
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Hello,
I am a leaseholder of a residential flat in London. Rendall and Rittner are our managing agents.
We have many concerns and there are serious issues, including cancelling AGMs within a year of their appointment.
i would be keen to learn from your experience responding to your situation.
My number is xxxxxx4481 if you are able to discuss.
Andrew
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Hi Andrew sorry to hear that and happy to make an appointment for a chat I have deleted your number as best not post that in public. I’ve got your email address and I’ll drop you a line. All the best
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