BLOCK & ESTATE MANAGEMENT
We provide a wide range of Block & Estate Management services to meet your needs.
Our promise is to provide every service with qualified professionalism and not only to ours, but also to your highest level of satisfaction.
BLOCK MANAGEMENT
Block management is the process of managing the communal areas of residential properties through the service charge. Managing a block of flats requires a professional approach, time and dedication.
Block management involves constant communication with various contractors in respect of maintenance and repairs, insurance of the building and, in some cases, provision of central heating, lifts, porterage, estate staff, lighting and cleaning of common areas.
It also requires a good understanding of legislation and leasehold matters, preparation of budgets and annual accounts, as well as routine inspections to check that the property is in good order.
A major part of a role in block management is ensuring that the landlord and leaseholders get value for money for their service charge payments, and the building is maintained in accordance with the terms of the lease.
LEASEHOLD – GENERAL INFO.
Leasehold flats can be in purpose-built blocks, in converted houses or above commercial or retail premises. A leasehold usually includes everything within the four walls of a flat, down to the floorboards and plaster on the walls and ceilings.
The freeholder usually owns the building, including the common parts (eg corridors, entrance way), the structure (eg roof, windows) and the land it stands on. The freeholder is, normally, responsible for the maintenance and repair of the building. If so, the costs for doing so are recoverable through the service charges and billed to the leaseholders.
The freeholder or resident management company usually appoint a managing agent to manage their block.
COLLECTION OF SERVICE CHARGES
It is to these potential Landlords that Clements Hill request that they rethink of the benefits of having a professional inventory because this document will far outweigh the nominal cost involved.
Block Management
We offer a wide range of services to meet every type of need.
Amongst the full block management service Clements Hill Ltd offers are the following:
– Service Charge
– Ground Rent
– Cleaning & Sanitation of Common Parts
– Gardening Services
– Japanese Knotweed Checks
– Health & Safety Regulation Checks
– Fire and Asbestos Checks
– Gas and Electrical Inspection checks
– Management Packs
– Bespoke Block Management packages available upon request