Urang Announces First Meeting with Residents Since December 2025 – online only and tenants not welcome
Urang and the RTM directors have been dragged into a meeting, (only) seven months since the last one – an AGM lasting 9 (nine) minutes at which RTM directors were ‘elected’. The meeting (see below) will be online only so that Urang and the RTM directors can completely control the meeting and mute or cut off people who ask difficult questions such as ‘why did you overspend the budget by nearly half a million pounds last year’? and ‘why is the service charge budget for 26/27 predicting service charge increases well above inflation?’ or ‘what happened to all those efficiencies and savings you claim you made?’ or perhaps ”how can you explain the massive confusion and confusion you have created in service charge billing?”
In particular, perhaps Urang will be able to explain an overspend of £345,000 on General Building Repairs/Works. Could this perhaps be to do with the ongoing and seemingly endless works on ponds and fountains which leaseholders have for many years wanted to fill in (plant/gardenise) despite strong opposition from Berkeley Homes, local estate agents and their friends in the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Association (which has morphed into the CBW RTM company). Some of this work on ponds and fountains is apparently being carried out under warranty, so if this is not the cause of the massive overspend then what it? We should be told urgently.
Tenants, who make up an estimated 60% of those living at Chelsea Bridge Wharf are excluded from this meeting as they have been from previous meetings, although many have lived here for very long periods. Whilst tenants would not expect a vote on expenditure matters (since they do not pay service charge) they do still have valuable experience and insights and it is simply nasty to have this two tier structure (although to be fair. most leaseholders are also de factor excluded from decision-making).
Meanwhile it seems that certain people associated with the RTM company are (once again) trying to silence those who simply explain to leaseholders what is going on with their service charges and the management of the estate. The residents’ association/RTM company and their ‘associates’ have a long history of trying to silence me in particular and of attacking others who ask perfectly reasonable questions.
https://chelseabridgewharf.org.uk/2022/11/15/the-orwellian-world-of-the-chelsea-bridge-wharf-residents-association/
https://chelseabridgewharf.org.uk/2024/10/24/cbwra_silence_residents/
https://chelseabridgewharf.org.uk/2024/10/13/cbwra-committee-weird-campaign-to-monpolise-communications-at-chelsea-bridge-wharf/
https://chelseabridgewharf.org.uk/2024-cbwra-chair-elections-91-of-leaseholders-did-not-or-could-not-vote/
https://chelseabridgewharf.org.uk/fact-and-fiction-at-cbw/
None of these attempts have been successful, nor will they ever be. They will simply increase public awareness of the deep cynicism and lack of tolerance and ethics in the RTM company. It is precisely these attempts to silence any sort of scrutiny of CBWRA/RTM company which led me to start developing this blog, whose following is growing strongly.
Tired of censorship, shadow banning and bullying on the CBW app? Join our Facebook group – a place where freedom of speech is guaranteed and bullying is not tolerated https://www.facebook.com/groups/cbwcommunity
Do feel free to get in touch if any questions: residents@chelseabridgewharf.org.uk
And please do not let Urang or the CBW RTM company or anyone stop you from expressing your view or asking questions on the CBW app or elsewhere. It is our community, our money, our development. Urang and the RTM Directors have put in a terrible performance in the first year, in my view and without resident scrutiny it is unlikely to improve.
***From Urang 4.7.26 ***
UPCOMING EVENTS
Leaseholder Meeting
We would like to remind all leaseholders that the next Leaseholder Meeting will be held online on
21 July 2026 at 6:30pm.
This meeting is an important opportunity to discuss estate matters, review ongoing projects and
raise any questions or concerns directly with the management team.
An invitation email containing the joining instructions has already been circulated to all
leaseholders. If you have not received this email, please contact us at
chelseabridgewharf@urang.co.uk so we can ensure you have the necessary details to attend.
Please note that this meeting is open to leaseholders only. We encourage all eligible participants to
join, as your feedback plays an important role in helping shape the future management of Chelsea
Bridge Wharf.