Category Archive: CBWRA
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
The reasons for the latest changes to electoral rules become clear – only 130 leaseholders (11.3%) are eligible to vote for Chair of CBWRA
There was a useful debate today between candidates for CBWRA Chair (myself and Larisa Villar Hauser/Louis Sebastian Kendall). Thanks to all residents who came and to Catherine Thome for chairing in an impartial… Continue reading
CBWRA apparently OK with Rendall and Rittner’s £400,000 fire safety charges! Also in this post: New games planned to manipulate 2024 chair elections and no elections at all for Directors of the CBWRA Right to Manage company
At the end of January 2023 I reported here that Rendall and Rittner planned to hit Chelsea Bridge Wharf with a budgeted cost of £400,000 for work supposedly related to the Building Safety… Continue reading
Right to Manage Notice served on Freeholders at Chelsea Bridge Wharf. Now we must deal with the banana republic of CBWRA.
The freeholders at CBW have been served with a Right to Manage notice which is very good news, albeit two years later than it need have been. There is a long way to… Continue reading
Rendall and Rittner hit Chelsea Bridge Wharf Leaseholders with £400,000 bill for fire safety
Also in this post: An update on electricity refunds and a note on the challenges for Chelsea Bridge Wharf residents in 2024. In October 2023, this blog reported the letter from Rendall and… Continue reading
Five months later – still no written process for CBW app account closures
In September 2023, with the support of residents, I passed a motion at the CBWRA SGM which required a written process to be provide regarding the closure of CBW app accounts. The aim of this was to prevent the arbitrary closure of residents’ CBW app accounts simply because they dare to question the ‘wisdom’ of the CBWRA committee or to point out that they are misinforming residents that Right to Manage was not possible or simply saying things that are not true. More than 10 weeks later there has been no update on this from CBWRA committee and no sign of this written procedure. This means that CBW app accounts can still be closed in an arbitrary and subjective way, without any evidence regarding the reasons for account closure needing to be presented to the person whose account is closed, nor any chance given to them to respond or appeal. This is an utterly revolting form of censorship, in effect.
Right to Manage Contract with Urang was not approved by CBWRA Committee
The contract with Urang to prepare the Right to Manage application for Chelsea Bridge Wharf , and to take over as managing agent if the application is successful, was not approved by the… Continue reading