Richard Sandler

QUESTION I have a question on S20 Qualifying Works. One of the directors of an RTM has decided to run with a project to install a new patio. We would consider this as major works at the development and subject to S20 however; they have already bought the materials (under S20 threshold) and now want us to appoint a contractor to install the patio (under S20 threshold value). The purchase of the materials and the contractor will be over a S20 but the purchase of the materials is under and the employment of

QUESTION We manage a large block of flats with a high level roof in need of repair. Unfortunately the contractors we use for this are unable to undertake the works unless we instruct immediately. They are steeple Jacks and we do not need to use scaffold which obviously has an impact on costings. Approximately £40,000.00 worth of scaffold would be required by a normal roofing contractor. Would this increase on costs to the Leaseholders be a consideration for undertaking the works without the need of a sect

QUESTION We will be grateful if you could help us to deal with the insurance problem with our landlord. We are a block of 183 flats. Recently we heard from our landlord that the lease states that the landlord is responsible for insuring the building with the insurance company and the broker of their choice. We have now come to learn that at least the broker share the same building as the landlord and we think that the landlord owns the broker firm anyway. Coming to the point, the premium offered to us, t

QUESTION I bought my council flat in 1991 under the right to buy.  It is a 2 bedroom ground floor flat on a block 4 storeys.  In the beginning of 2000 I started noticing issues with my flat - water coming in from the flat above and it progressed to massive cracks in the walls, wall sockets cracking up etc.  I complained to the council numerous times only to be sent away and treated as a nuisance. I was reduced to living in one room, the bathroom was unusable due to cracks etc.  I made a complaint on the c

QUESTION My two questions relate to the process leading to a RTM and its ongoing validity. 1. The Notice Inviting Participation - Welsh Statutory Instruments: 2011 No. 2684 (W.287) LANDLORD AND TENANT, WALES The Right to Manage (Prescribed Particulars and Forms) (Wales) Regulations 2011 The following sub paragraphs of the above Instrument were NOT and have still not been complied with. (g) a statement that the RTM company intends or, as the case may be, does not intend, to appoint a managing agent; and—