Rendall and Rittner featured in BBC’s ‘Rip Off Britain’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001zhps/rip-off-britain-series-16-4-paying-1-per-mile-for-car-insurance Residents at New Little Mill development in Ancoats, Manchester tell a story which will be familiar to most leaseholders at Rendall and Rittner managed developments. Inflated service charges, unclear statements. It is… Continue reading

Only 9 months late – CBWRA’s response to my motion passed at the SGM in September 2023 regarding their arbitrary closure of CBW app accounts

At the CBWRA SGM in September 2023, I proposed the following motion, which was passed: ”No resident’s CBW app account should be closed without a formal and transparent process, which is in writing,… Continue reading

The CBWRA 2024 AGM – once again a desperation to restrict resident involvement

Residents were sent the following email (below) re the AGM by CBWRA ‘co-chairs’ Larisa Villar Hauser and Louis Sebastian Kendall, who changed the constitution in September 2023 resulting in only 9% of leaseholders… Continue reading

How Louis Sebastian Kendall and Larisa Villar Hauser ‘won’ the 2024 CBWRA Chair elections.

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

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

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

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

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

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