Category Archive: governance

The Continuing Evasive and Opaque Behaviour of Urang at Chelsea Bridge Wharf

On 9th November, I made a complaint to Urang on a number of matters, and below is their reply of 21st November and my responses to that in red. In short, it is… Continue reading

Dodgy Elections for Directors of the CBW Right to Manage Company but – please use your vote! Do not choose ‘discretionary’ option. 

Voting has opened in the elections for directors of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Right to Manage Company. The role of the directors is (or should be) to supervise and direct the managing agent (Urang) in… Continue reading

Urang are still evading leaseholders’ questions about procedure for Election of Directors of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM company

After a great deal of pressure from residents, Urang reluctantly gave an approximate date for election of directors of the RTM company – now promised by Urang for the end of November 2025. Urang… Continue reading

First Chelsea Bridge Wharf Leaseholders’ meeting with Urang – have we dialled the wrong number?

If you attended the meeting with Urang at BPS on 9th June, I would be interested to hear what you thought of it. In my view there were some good questions from leaseholders… Continue reading

Elections for Directors at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – Candidate still silenced, no dates, no procedure and the contract with Urang remains secret.

Can you have fair elections when one of the likely candidates has been deliberately silenced by the others? Where there is no opportunity for candidates to debate the issues that matter? Where there… Continue reading

Commonhold is the way forward – but we need the same democratic checks and balances for Right to Manage companies

A short letter from me (Mike O’Driscoll) which was published in the i Paper today, highlighting the lack of democratic checks and balances in the Right to Manage legislation which can so easily… Continue reading

Still no response from CBWRA on whether they intend to hold fair elections for Chair

Nearly 3 weeks ago, On 27th January, CBWRA  invited expressions of interest for the 2025 chair elections. I sent my expression of interest the same day (see below) and also asked if CBWRA… Continue reading

CBWRA 2025 Chair Elections – another Banana Republic Farce? No elections at all for Directors of the RTM company and the contract with Urang remains secret

CBWRA have invited expressions of interest for the 2025 chair elections. Here is my reply. What do you, dear resident, think? Or do you feel too intimidated to express a view? Dear CBWRA… Continue reading

Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall: We will not hold elections for Directors of Right to Manage Company, will not hold AGM and will not show members the contract signed with Urang

As the notes from the leaseholder forum on 6th November 2024 show, the ‘co-chairs’ have no intention of changing the dysfunctional culture of CBWRA. Indeed they would not be co-chairs without this dysfunctional… Continue reading

Notes – highlights of the CBWRA  ‘Leaseholder Forum’ of 6th November 2024

The CBWRA ‘co chairs’ Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall have refused to provide notes of previous leaseholder forum meetings and have not given any meaningful reason for that. I believe the… Continue reading