Retendering the management contract: How it started – and how it’s going. Failure of retendering the management contractYou may be aware that in January of this year the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Association… Continue reading
By Liam Spender, Leasehold Knowledge Partnership With energy prices sky-rocketing, Rendall & Rittner leaseholders will be concerned to learn that their managing agent receives £969,000 a year in commission on communal gas and… Continue reading
I thought I would give an update regarding the retendering of the management contract and related issues as no clear information has been provided by CBWRA and apparently no scrutiny discussion or criticism… Continue reading
Rendall and Rittner have been dragged to their first meeting with residents in 9 months (previous meetings December 2021 and October 2020). In June 2021, the CBWRA promised there would be QUARTERLY meetings with Rendall and Rittner but in fact, since the Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Association was ‘reactivated’ in January 2021, there has only been one meeting between Rendall and Rittner and residents (December 2021) thus allowing Rendall and Rittner to escape direct resident scrutiny.
The Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Association (CBWRA) have claimed RTM is not achievable at CBW – experts say otherwise! Independent expert advice obtained by residents in June 2022 shows that CBW can achieve Right to Manage (https://tinyurl.com/28dht6ya) and therefore it appears CBWRA has misinformed residents in stating that Right to Manage is not possible at CBW.
Notes from a residents’ meeting on 9th December 2021 Summary On 9th December 2021, at a well-attended online meeting organised by Mike O’Driscoll (Warwick resident) residents met to discuss options for taking back control of… Continue reading
VISTA is a neighbouring development to Chelsea Bridge Wharf. As previously covered on this blog, Berkeley Homes recently sold the Freehold of Vista to a subsidiary company of Landmark Investments – Harland (PC)… Continue reading
The initial report from the above survey is now available here OVERVIEW FINDINGS CBW as a place to live A large majority of respondents (80.1%) agree /strongly agree that ‘CBW is a good… Continue reading
An article in the Sunday Telegraph details claims that freeholders and managing agents, including Rendall and Rittner, are alleged to be making unjustifiable commissions and inflated quotes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/uk/everyone-just-looking-make-profit-people-taking-advantage-cladding/ One example given relates to… Continue reading
The Rendall and Rittner Action Network (RRAN) is a collaboration of residents in Rendall and Rittner managed developments, working together to share information and strategies in order to combat unreasonable service charges and… Continue reading
