Category Archive: Service charges

Chelsea Bridge Wharf Service Charges Increase at more than Double the Rate of Inflation

I have just received my service charge demand for 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 from Urang on behalf of the Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM company directors. It has gone up by… Continue reading →

Leaseholders at the UK’s largest Right to Manage Development have no control over their Service Charges

Urang and the RTM directors are completely unaccountable at Chelsea Bridge Wharf and leaseholders are totally alienated and disempowered. Urang are no longer even complying with their own complaints process, wholly ignoring formal complaints on very serious issues, refusing to explain a £425,000 budget overspend, claiming that service charges are down when in fact they are up above inflation (this magic is achieved by excluding reserve fund contributions fron the calculation!

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… Continue reading →

Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM Directors and Urang announce £425,000 Service Charge Budget overspend 25/26 in addition to above inflation increase for 26/27

Further to the failures of Urang and the Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM company highlighted in my recent article ‘A Year of Urang at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – An Opportunity Wasted?’, Urang/ The Chelsea Bridge… Continue reading →

A Year of Urang at Chelsea Bridge Wharf – An Opportunity Wasted?

Summary When Urang took over management at Chelsea Bridge Wharf in May 2025, following a long and contested Right to Manage (RTM) process, leaseholders were promised a new era of transparency, accountability and… Continue reading →

Leaseholders object to further Section 20 notice of intent from Urang for works which might exceed £1 million, while service charge budget is 2 months overdue and buildings insurance up 33%.

Urang have again issued leaseholders with a Section 20 Notice of Intent for repair and replacement of lifts. This follows an earlier attempt (20 December 2025) by Urang / the CBW RTM company… Continue reading →

The Pennycook Drops for Leaseholders – We Have Been Betrayed by Labour and Let Down by the Leaseholder Organisations Which Claim to Represent Us

The results of the May 7th 2026 local elections sent a message to the government of Kier Starmer, and nowhere was the anger more visible than among leaseholders. Across social media, frustration with… Continue reading →

A Section 20 Farce: How Urang Wasted Leaseholders’ Time and Trust at Chelsea Bridge Wharf

Summary: Just before Xmas 2025, Urang Property Management issued leaseholders at Chelsea Bridge Wharf with a Section 20 Notice of Intention for major works, potentially involving expenditure of at least £283,000 across 1,132… Continue reading →

Urang and The Right to Manage Company plan to spend upwards of £300,000 on ‘upgrades’ with no meaningful leaseholder consultation

On December 20th, Urang issued leaseholders a section 20 notice of intent as they are legally obliged to do when planning expenditure which is likely to amount to £250 per apartment or more.… Continue reading →

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 →