Leasehold Service Charge Disputes: How the First-tier Tribunal Works
Leasehold Service Charge Disputes: How the First-tier Tribunal Works | Neon Property Services Block Management Leasehold Service Charge Disputes: How the First-tier Tribunal Works Every leaseholder in a residential block has the right to challenge service charges they believe are unreasonable — and the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) is the specialist body that determines those […]
Commercial Units in Mixed-Use Blocks: Service Charge Allocation and Management Challenges
Commercial Units in Mixed-Use Blocks: What RTM Directors Need to Know | Neon Property Services Block Management Commercial Units in Mixed-Use Blocks: What RTM Directors Need to Know Many blocks in East London and Essex — particularly those built in regeneration schemes and larger developments — have commercial units on the ground floor or lower […]
How to Run a Competitive Tender for Block Maintenance Contracts
How to Run a Competitive Tender for Block Maintenance Contracts | Neon Property Services Block Management How to Run a Competitive Tender for Block Maintenance Contracts In most blocks managed across East London and Essex, maintenance contracts — communal cleaning, lift servicing, grounds maintenance, fire alarm testing — are renewed with the same contractor year […]
Subletting and Airbnb in Residential Blocks: The Managing Agent’s Enforcement Toolkit
Subletting and Airbnb in Residential Blocks: The Managing Agent’s Enforcement Toolkit | Neon Property Services Block Management Subletting and Airbnb in Residential Blocks: The Managing Agent’s Enforcement Toolkit Short-term letting in a residential block is one of the most disruptive issues RTM directors and managing agents deal with. Unfamiliar guests arriving at all hours, communal […]
Damp, Condensation, and Mould in Blocks of Flats: Who Is Responsible?
Damp, Condensation, and Mould in Blocks of Flats: Who Is Responsible? | Neon Property Services Block Management Damp, Condensation, and Mould in Blocks of Flats: Who Is Responsible? Damp and mould reports are one of the most frequent issues managing agents and RTM directors deal with — and one of the most legally significant since […]
How RTM Companies Can Remove a Non-Performing Managing Agent
How RTM Companies Can Remove a Non-Performing Managing Agent | Neon Property Services Block Management How RTM Companies Can Remove a Non-Performing Managing Agent One of the most persistent myths in leasehold block management is that removing a managing agent is complicated, expensive, and disruptive. In practice, a well-managed transition takes four to eight weeks, […]
Block Insurance: What the Policy Must Cover and What Managing Agents Must Disclose
Block Insurance: What the Policy Must Cover and What Managing Agents Must Disclose | Neon Property Services Block Management Block Insurance: What the Policy Must Cover and What Managing Agents Must Disclose Buildings insurance is typically the largest single line item in a residential block’s service charge budget. It is also the line item that […]
Planned Preventative Maintenance: Why Your Block Needs a 5-Year Schedule
Planned Preventative Maintenance: Why Your Block Needs a 5-Year Schedule | Neon Property Services Block Management Planned Preventative Maintenance: Why Your Block Needs a 5-Year Schedule The majority of residential blocks in East London and Essex are managed reactively — a leak is reported, a contractor is called, a repair is made. Until the next […]
Success Story: A Block in Enfield Cuts Its Service Charge by 22% in 12 Months | Neon Property Services
Success Story: A Block in Enfield Cuts £11,100 a Year From Its Service Charge | Neon Property Services Success Story A Block in Enfield Cuts £11,100 a Year From Its Service Charge When leaseholders at a 22-flat block in Enfield noticed their service charge accounts were consistently nine months late and nobody could explain what […]
Reserve Fund Contributions: How to Calculate What Your Block Actually Needs | Neon Property Services
Reserve Fund Contributions: How to Calculate What Your Block Actually Needs | Neon Property Services Block Management Reserve Fund Contributions: How to Calculate What Your Block Actually Needs The reserve fund is one of the most consistently mismanaged elements of residential block finance. Most RTM companies set an annual contribution based on a round number, […]