Just a reminder to all leaseholders that there is a meeting with Urang and the unelected RTM company directors tomorrow, Mon. 15th Sep 6.30 pm – at Pestana or Online Despite RTM, you… Continue reading
The UK Government’s July 2025 Leasehold Reform Consultation claims to outline major changes to empower leaseholders and end outdated, unfair leasehold practices in England and Wales. Built on the foundation of the Leasehold… Continue reading
Following Rendall and Rittner’s appearance before MPs in May, which I attended as an observer, they have now been called on by the Housing, Communities and local Government Committee to answer some key questions… Continue reading
Urang and the RTM directors need to answer these questions: So much for Urang’s ‘new era of transparency’. If you would like to leave a review for Urang on Trustpilot (good or bad) the… Continue reading
There is a lot happening at Chelsea Bridge Wharf with Right to Manage, Chair elections and most importantly ever increasing service charges. In this short video I do my best to summarise the… Continue reading
18th March 2024 From Mike O’DriscollWarwick leaseholderTo: CBWRA ‘Co-Chairs’ Larisa Villar Hauser, Louis Sebastian Kendall Thank you for your email to leaseholders regarding the Chair elections 2024. It is a shame that as with the 2023 elections,… Continue reading
In the February committee meeting notes CBWRA claim they had ‘dealt with’ a complaint which I (Mike O’Driscoll) had submitted on the 15th January regarding the misconduct of the 2023 Chair elections. The truth… Continue reading
Tara Welsh, BBC London https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckkvkv32e1ro The sky-rocketing charges faced by tenants and residents for the service element of their monthly bills amount to an “industrial-scale scandal”, a support group has told BBC London.… Continue reading
Rendall and Rittner have been replaced as managing agent at Battersea Reach, London SW11 as a letter to residents from the freeholder announced on 23rd February. Rendall and Rittner have been at Battersea… Continue reading
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
Six weeks after my complaint to CBWRA about electoral misconduct in the 2023 Chair elections. I finally received an acknowledgment and an (excuse for) a reply – a few paragraphs of meaningless waffle… Continue reading
From Mike O’Driscoll: (Warwick leaseholder) Dear Katherine Greenaway (CBWRA Secretary), Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall (CBWRA ‘Chairs’) The elected term of the current Chairs expires within the next 2 weeks. Can… Continue reading
The serving of the RTM notice on the freeholders is very welcome, albeit 2 years late and coming from people (Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall) who were until recently telling residents… Continue reading
Following the serving of Right to Manage notices on the freeholders, E&M (the freeholder for Centurion, Eustace, Horace, Howard and Oswald buildings) is trying to carry out a leaseholder ‘satisfaction survey’ which is… Continue reading
