Category Archive: Horace Building

Rendall & Rittner have increased service charge by 6.7% at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – Inflation is under 1%!

The author of this blog has received notification of service charge rate for 2017/18. It represents an increase of nearly 7% year on year. Rendall & Rittner have refused to supply a  copy of the presentation they gave at… Continue reading

Berkeley Homes – planning applications – Grosvenor Arch, Sopwith Way

These relate to the entrance to Grosvenor Arch Sopwith Way and one of the sets of stairs to Chelsea Bridge Wharf from Queenstown Road. The deadline for comments and objections is 6th February 2017 . Neither Berkeley Homes,… Continue reading

Battersea Power Station Magic Bus

The Battersea Power Station Development Company is currently driving an EMPTY Mercedes minibus around Chelsea Bridge wharf at 5 minute intervals, regularly exceeding the 5mph speed limit in Sopwith Way . This is a test run… Continue reading

Berkeley Homes sticks its fingers up at Council ruling on Sopwith Way depots

Berkeley Homes were instructed by the Council to cease using the depots on Sopwith Way and to clear their materials out by November 11th or face enforcement action. Mr Travis Crawford, Development Director, personally assured… Continue reading

Great News – Council orders closure of Sopwith Way depots!

Wandsworth Council have informed the author of this blog that they have ordered Berkeley Homes to close these depots by 11th November or face enforcement action. This decision follows a large number of written objections… Continue reading

Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Newsletter – Latest Issue

Download latest issue here. cbw-news-v2-1-10-16

Urgent – Have your say on planning application for Sopwith Way depots – deadline 13th October

Berkeley Homes received a letter from Wandsworth Council on 2nd August 2016 instructing them to shut the depots or to submit a planning application within 28 days. Berkeley Homes missed this deadline but… Continue reading

Chelsea Bridge Wharf – London’s most glamorous riverside development?

The depots on Sopwith Way, which Berkeley Homes set up in April 2016 without resident consultation or planning permission.

CHELSEA BRIDGE WHARF RESIDENT TELLS BERKELEY HOMES SOME UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS

On 24th August 2016, temperatures in London reached 33 C (91 F). At Chelsea Bridge Wharf, residents were forced to keep their windows closed as Berkeley Homes continued to use heavy diesel engined… Continue reading

Residents to be charged three-quarters of a million pounds + for new car park doors and entryphone

The service charges are already grossly inflated and there is no case whatsoever for these doors. Have there been numerous break-ins to the car park on P2? Have there been intruders to the building? Official statistics show that since CBW was built there has been one break into the car park and one attempted break in. The Community Safety Officer has advised that the existing doors are fit for purpose.