Guides

Get the answers to your questions and stay up to date about apartment building management with our featured articles and NOTB guides, on topics such as service charges, right to manage, buying your freehold, major works, building insurance and other issues about blocks of flats.

A Guide to EV Charging in Apartment Buildings

This guide explores the key considerations, technical solutions, and best practices for implementing EV charging in apartment buildings, ensuring a seamless experience for residents, property managers, and freeholders alike.

A Guide to Ethics and Trust in Property Management

This guide explores key principles and best practices for managing agents to operate ethically and responsibly.

A Guide to Energy Efficiency Audits for Property Managers

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This guide has been provided by Advantage Utilities and will help provide an understanding of energy efficiency audits from the structure of your building to the equipment you use.  To read this guide please click here.

NOTB Guide - What does my property manager do?

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This guide has been provided by Encore Group and will help provide an understanding of what a property managers job involves.  To read this guide please click here.

A Guide to Cladding Remediation

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This guide has been provided by Blakeney Leigh and will help guide you through the cladding remediation works process.  To read this guide please click here.

A Guide to a Property Management Site Inspection

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This guide has been provided by Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward and will help guide you through how to plan for a property management site inspection.  To read this guide please click here.

A Guide to Developer Installed Electric Vehicle Chargers

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This NOTB Guide has been provided by Future Group and will guide you through managing a block with developer installed electric vehicle chargers.  To read this guide now please click here.

A Guide to getting to know your lighting solution

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This NOTB Guide has been provided by Future Group and will guide you through getting to know your lighting solution with a lighting audit.  To read this guide now please click here.

A Guide to Resident Management Companies

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This NOTB guide has been provided by FirstPort and will help you to achieve a clear understanding about what RMCs are.  To read this guide now plesase click here.

A Guide to Buying a Flat

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This guide has been provided by Blacks Solicitors and will guide you through the process of buying a flat.  To read this guide please click here.

A Guide to The Party Wall Act 1996

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This NOTB guide has been provided by Howe Chartered Surveyors and will help residential flat owners and professionals working in the residential flat industry to understand the provisions of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996. To read this guide now please click here.

A Guide to switching managing agent

Our NOTB Guides will provide various informative guides to help leaseholders, property managers, residents associations', surveyors and anyone else in need of some guidance across the residential leasehold industry.  This NOTB guide has been provided by Clear Building Management and will explain everything you need to know about changing your managing agent.  To read this guide now please click here.

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