Make Your Voice Heard :  Leaseholder meeting with Urang & unelected RTM Directors Mon. 15th Sep 6.30 pm – at Pestana or Online

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 →

Government consultation on Leasehold Reform – Closes 26th September – please have your say – the freeholders certainly will!

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UK Government’s July 2025 Leasehold Reform Consultation claims to outline major changes to empower leaseholders and end outdated, unfair leasehold practices in England and Wales.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 →

Our Petition is Cited in Government Letter to Rendall and Rittner! Answers demanded by 11th July.

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 →

Chelsea Bridge Wharf RTM director resigns – Still no answers from Urang on the fundamental questions at Chelsea Bridge Wharf

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 →

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CBWRA have just 140 members (out of 1150 leaseholders). They are not recognised by the freeholders. The Chairs have not been fairly elected. They do not speak for CBW residents and have no legitimacy

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Property Institute releases benchmarking data on service charges – CBW is double the average on BSA costs but CBWRA will not challenge

The Property Institute has released benchmarking data for service charges based on nearly 14,000 properties across 108 developments. There is a lot of interesting data including the Buildings Safety Act costs which TPI… Continue reading →

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Government highlight overcharging for Building Safety Act costs by managing agents

At the end of 2023 I reported on the estimated £400,000 which Rendall and Rittner plans to charge Chelsea Bridge Wharf residents in relation to costs from the Building Safety Act 2022. I… Continue reading →

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CBWRA 2024 Chair Elections – 91% of leaseholders did not (or could not) vote

Another sad day for democracy in the banana republic. Election (if you can call it that) results below. Thanks so much to all of those who supported me even if most of you… Continue reading →

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CBWRA committee member resigns after alleged anti-semitic tweets/tweets calling for military action against the UK

I understand that a CBWRA committee member has resigned following these tweets, although they continue to deny that they are the author. The (former) committee member claims that someone they fell out with… Continue reading →

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The latest spin and ‘newspeak’ from Larisa and Louis…where 9% becomes 74%

I was amused to receive the email today from Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall re Chair elections. They state they were ”delighted with the 74% engagement” in relation to the election.  In fact… Continue reading →

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Rendall and Rittner petition edging towards 5,000 signatures

https://www.change.org/p/rendall-and-rittner-and-odevo-group-enough-is-enough-residents-demand-change-and-an-answer-to-our-petition Help us get to 5,000 signatures and the submission of this petition to Rendall and Rittner Residents from a rapidly growing number of developments managed by Rendall and Rittner (approximately 4,700 residents… Continue reading →

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Last chance to vote in CBWRA Chair elections

Voting closes at 9pm Friday 12th April. Please vote Mike O’Driscoll:My Priorities as Chair would be to: 

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2024 Chair elections – Notes from meeting of CBWRA Chair candidates with residents – 6th April (Scott House, BPS)

Dear residents,This is an update regarding the 2024 CBWRA Chair elections.We had a useful  meeting of Chair  candidates and residents on Sat 6th April  at BPS. You can access the full notes here.  As a… Continue reading →

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More than a week since these horrendous tweets, and CBWRA still have nothing to say

The person making these tweets sees to be a very close match to a CBWRA committee member in terms of bio, photo and writing style, although that person denies being the author. More… Continue reading →