Brethertons solicitors, has undertaken the task of looking at the property management industry in detail to provide a benchmark of statistics that can be used for companies to identify where they sit against their peers.
Friday, 18th November 2011
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Yashmin Mistry explains what to do upon receipt of a Right to Manage claim notice.
Friday, 9th September 2011
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Roger Southam explains how a block and apartment manager joined forces in a successful right to manage application.
Friday, 15th July 2011
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Mathew Tute confesses that property managers are in the firing line when managing their clients’ home.
Friday, 15th July 2011
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Enfranchisement and Right to Manage Award Winners 2011 Announced
Tuesday, 24th May 2011
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Where leaseholders are in a position to manage a building it is useful to have the flexibility to appoint an agent to oversee its day-to-day running.Appointing a professional manager can in the long term often be of great practical benefit.
Tuesday, 10th May 2011
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Karen Albany says imposing conditions or refusing consent in response to a Licence to Assign is not straightforward for a Landlord.
There have been many cases on refusal to consent (whether to assignment or underlet) all turning on what is "reasonable". The Landlord must show reasonableness in refusing consent to an assignment (Landlord and Tenant Act 1988). But what is reasonable is decided by the courts. Two recent cases have established new and helpful principles.
Thursday, 20th May 2010
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Once the Right to Manage has been acquired by a block of flats the hard work really begins. As the Right to Manage process has usually been instigated as a result of unsatisfactory management of the building, it is not uncommon to find the flat owners apathetic towards Managing Agents in general due to previous bad experiences.
Monday, 14th December 2009
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