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Government policy and a distinct lack of joined up thinking is holding back the progress needed for the “cladding crisis”, particularly in the way it is dragging its feet in protecting leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation - a new report claims.   ‘Cladding: A Way Forward’, a new cladding crisis report from residential property experts across the sector has been unveiled by national law firm Irwin Mitchell, complete with a ten-point plan on what could be done to help solve the crisis.   Stati

JPC are proud to announce the arrival of Yezdan Izzet, Partner, to Team JPC on 29th March 2021.  Yezdan’s expertise covers a wide spectrum of property disputes including landlord and tenant (commercial and residential), forfeiture and possession claims, rent and service charge recovery, lease renewals (opposed and unopposed) and forfeiture and possession claims as well as real property disputes such as boundary disputes, development and right of light claims. Yezdan is completely committed to her clients,

MRI Software, a global leader in real estate software solutions, announces that Knight Frank’s Residential Asset Management (RAM) department is now leveraging MRI’s widely used property management and accounting platform, MRI Qube PM – deepening the technology partnership between the two companies. Qube PM will help Knight Frank RAM perform all key management activities and improve communications with tenants. It will also power the integrated MRI Engage resident portal, enabling tailored resident experie

QUESTION We as an RMC, have a freeholder who shows no interest in this 27 apartment block except to collect ground rent and lease extension fees. Our individual leases refer to ‘regulations’ set by the RMC. What status have these regulations if disregarded by leaseholders? It seems the only formal link between the RMC and individual leaseholders is by way of a separately signed Deed of Covenant as a schedule of the lease. Finally, have we any liability when informally aware of breaches of the lease betwee

The Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its partnership with leading insurance brokers, Kerry London. Kerry London has supported ALEP in the decade that saw the Association grow and become the leading voice of leasehold best practice and advice, which now brings together more than 260 professional enfranchisement member firms throughout the sector. To mark the occasion, Kerry London has launched a range of exclusive services and a fast-track

In 2017 Sir Rod Aldridge, founder of Capita, purchased Warwick Estates as an already well-established leasehold property management company. Unsurprisingly, Sir Rod’s goal is growth - just as it was at Capita, a business that he drove to 75,000 people and a FTSE 100 listing. Warwick’s newfound strategy to climb to the top of the leasehold management sector started immediately after Aldridge’s purchase with the appointment of a new chairman in the shape of Adrian Ringrose (Interserve, Taziker, Syrinix). Ri

MRI Software, a global leader in real estate software solutions, announces that Knight Frank’s Residential Asset Management (RAM) department is now leveraging MRI’s widely used property management and accounting platform, MRI Qube PM – deepening the technology partnership between the two companies. Qube PM will help Knight Frank RAM perform all key management activities and improve communications with tenants. It will also power the integrated MRI Engage resident portal, enabling tailored resident experie

Working as a building surveyor gives you some fascinating insights into how people live and what makes them tick. We’re often in and out of people’s homes, after all, and we’re trained to be observant! But perhaps there’s no aspect of a surveyor’s job more revealing than working on licence to alter (LTA), which provides a direct insight into how people plan to remake their living spaces in their own image.  In leasehold properties, homeowners require a licence agreed with the landlord before undertaking a

With an extra £3.5 billion and applications extended to 30th June 2021 now is the time to apply for the Building Safety Fund cladding remediation grant. The single most urgent issue facing landlords or residents’ management companies in apartment buildings with combustible external wall systems is remediation or, to put it more starkly, making their building safe for its residents. In recent weeks, the Government has announced an extra £3.5 billion for its Building Safety Fund, originally launched in June

Elevate Property Group has acquired the former Birmingham forensic science laboratories in Southside and will start work immediately to create 79 luxury apartments. The Birmingham-based developer has purchased Priory House from Rainier Developments and plans to repurpose the building in the style and aesthetic of its very successful Concord House development on Holloway Head. Priory House is a landmark building in the Southside district of Birmingham and the 77,000 sq ft, seven storey building, which was

The chairman of property management and surveying practice Scanlans is handing over the reins as he embarks on a new career as a mediator. Ian Stanistreet, 61, has been a partner at Scanlans for 31 years and its chairman since 2016, when he succeeded David McKee. Ian has also continued to head the firm’s property management division alongside partner Ian Magenis. He will stand down as chairman and retire as a partner at the end of March, but will remain with Scanlans as a consultant. In that role he will

The world’s first mixed-use net zero carbon development* in a key quarter of Birmingham city centre that could create well over 1,000 jobs has been unveiled by Woodbourne Group. The £360 million waterfront ecosystem, to be called Curzon Wharf, will be within eight minutes walking distance of the HS2 Curzon Street Station, offering sweeping views of the city and beyond. The masterplan development of almost one million square feet is expected to boost the Birmingham economy by at least £151 million. The hyb