Browsing: Manage Your Block

The Leasehold Property Enquiries form (LPE1) second edition was released on the 1st October 2015 along with the addition of a new form.

Residents’ Associations can be set up and run informally but a formally recognised Residents’ Association acquires additional legal rights.

Japanese knotweed, also known as Fallopia japonica, is a non-native plant introduced by Victorian plant hunters in the mid 19th century.

Both RTM and RM’s are limited liability companies and therefore the directors need to be aware of their duties and liabilities.

It is most important that you invite prospective agents to the building, to see it and to meet the RMC committee.

On 1st October the final elements of the Companies Act 2006 come into force and could affect the way 60,000 existing Residents Management Companies (RMCos) are structured and run.

We are a small block and appointed new managing agents when we were not happy with the service provided with the previous ones.

As with any project, the key to success where the Right to Manage is concerned is proper preparation. Mark Chick explains more.

For the past 10 years the residents of a block of 29 flats have been running a residents management company.

Could you please tell me whether the RMC has the right to a copy of the tenancy agreement on a rented flat in our block?