… And we’re not going to do anything, either Eye-watering doubling ground rents at Redrow’s prime City tower block Crawford Building have been bluntly brushed aside as a concern by the developer that has profited from them. A leaseholder has contacted Sir Peter Bottomley and Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow Rushanara Ali stating […]
Communities Secretary Said Javid called today for a Grenfell cladding round table with developers and ground rent speculators … and LKP will be invited to attend. Mr Javid also repeated to the Commons his hope that freeholders and developers take more responsibility for the cladding, which is threatening financial ruin to thousands of families. The […]
LKP-accredited managing agent Rynew last week held its own awards for contractors who are employed on leasehold-controlled blocks. This is a wonderful departure from the leasehold sector norm where awards are doled out wholesale a la Robert Mugabe to some of the most surprising winners. Such as this low episode: https://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/managing-agent-benjamin-mire-sacked-judicial-appointment-company-still-string-insiders-property-awards Rynew is a highly […]
The House of Commons Library today advises MPs and constituents to contact LKP – as well as the Leasehold Advisory Service, which has received extra funding to deal with the issue. The policy is rather different to government’s: LKP has briefed civil servants and advisors numerous times over this issue. But it has never advised […]
Sir Peter Bottomley urged government to hold a public meeting and call in Vincent Tchenguiz, William Waldorf Astor and the offshore owners of residential freeholders to resolve the Grenfell cladding issue. He told Communities Secretary Said Javid: “This week saw the first proper tribunal decision, regarding Citiscape in Croydon, which is owned by the Tchenguiz […]
The Wellcome Trust spent £114,000 to defeat a leaseholder in Onslow Square in Kensington over a £6,000 dispute – which came down from £8,247 originally demanded. The gargantuan bill includes VAT. The case means that the woman leaseholder will have to sell her home, it is claimed, but the Wellcome Trust has not to date […]
Urban Owners, the LKP accredited managing agent which specialises in right to manage, has been bought by the larger Warwick Estates. The sale concludes 10-years in property management of founder Steve Wylie, a former management consultant with Chicago based giant Accenture. It was after he personally encountered the absurdities of leasehold tenure as the owner […]
The leaseholders at the Citiscape site in Croydon are to bear the costs of removing the Grenfell cladding and for the fire watch, the property tribunal has ruled. Without other intervention, this means that some of the leaseholders will inevitably lose their homes. Although the tribunal has ruled that estimated costs to replace the cladding […]
‘Why was I left out?’ asks Sir Ed Davey Roger Southam, the chairman of the Leasehold Advisory Service, issued a complaint to the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner about Sir Peter Bottomley and Jim Fitzpatrick He added LKP in the official complaint, in its role as secretariat of the All Party Parliamentary Group. “I am disappointed not […]
Calls for the government to lend private blocks of flats cash to pay for fire marshals and to remove Grenfell cladding may be problematic. Martin Boyd, trustee of LKP, which has been advising leaseholders trapped in the cladding debacle, warns it may not be as simple as the government stepping in to loan money. He […]
– Government should retrospectively ensure leaseholders are a legal party to insurance and warranties – Identify offshore freeholders demanding huge sums of money, MP demands – Get freeholders in front of Communities Select Committee – Waive VAT on cladding replacement costs, says Bottomley – Steve Reed MP: ‘No other country in the European Union permits […]
Current number of members 142 + 10 friends Updates this month: 05/03/18 Tom Watson Labour Party Deputy Leader and MP for West Bromwich East joined 06/03/18 Stephen Hammmond MP for Wimbledon joined 07/03/18 Seema Malhotra MP for Feltham and Heston joined Listed below are the members of the All Party Parliamentary Group looking into […]
Does the UK have the greediest, most venal and least competent housebuilders in the world? The Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joined the APPG on leasehold and commonhold reform yesterday, while the Communities Select Committee still has not called in the housebuilders. Mr Watson, the MP for West Bromwich East, joined on the prompting of […]
The Home Owners Rights Network – Hornet https://www.homeownersrights.net/ – is petitioning government to end the “fleecehold” racket. This is where house builders have created management companies for assets such as roads, lighting and drainage on new estates. Local authorities are delighted to be spared the expense, and the nation’s plc housebuilders have seen the angles of […]
