An action packed month - my management month

It has been an action packed month. We have had Resi ‘07 down at Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales, which was the first major conference for the residential sector. Thank goodness that at long last it appears the importance of block management is starting to move up the agenda. Mainly because of the potential for adverse situations to arise if it is not done properly.

Chainbow has played host to the Department of Communities and Local Government for a day to show them what block management entails and to highlight how most of the legislation is not impacting where it should. For an example, they were not aware of the prevalence of the use resident management companies by developers to pass the running of the estates across. The result being that if an action goes to LVT the resident is effectively suing all other residents! We have a perfect example of this at the present involving a previous agent on a block we are now managing. What the end result will, who knows, but I will keep plugging away to try and get common sense into the system!