Proper Blocks

Block management, done properly.

Financially diligent. Communicators supreme.

Chartered accountant. Proprietary secure portal.

How we work
Credentials
Chartered Accountant / founder
Active RTM director / since 2018
Proprietary leaseholder portal / monthly leaseholder comms

We've lived the problem.

We know the core two things which define a well-run block:

Financial diligence

Every supplier invoice checked for value-for-money. Service-charge debts pursued with strength and fairness. Quarterly financial reports shared with RTM directors. Service charge accounts always filed on time.

Communication portal

Director notices, leaseholder financial statements, contractor visit requests, and a periodic newsletter to approved stakeholders.

Everything in one place. We remove your stress.

What we've taken on.

A snapshot of what we've inherited and addressed in blocks under our management. Anonymised; current and former clients are not identified.

Major works

Asbestos identified mid £250k Section 20 major-works programme.

Asbestos re-inspection had been overdue for over a decade when we took over. Surveys scoped, licensed remediation arranged, the budget honestly reset with leaseholders, the works completed safely. No surprises sprung; every cost choice explained at the time it was made.

Building safety

No Fire Risk Assessment on file since 2017. Directors at criminal risk.

Commissioned a competent FRA within weeks of taking over. Got the directors out of unknowing liability under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and the Building Safety Act 2022, and put the remediation actions on a tracked plan.

Financial diligence

Considerable inherited service-charge debtors, the largest unpaid for seven years.

Reviewed the balances, pursued recovery proportionately and firmly, kept the block solvent through the recovery period. Disputed line-items revisited from the lease, not the prior agent's invoice.

Communication

Months of unanswered leaseholder correspondence.

And absolute refusal from the previous managing agent to provide any more than the legally required minimum information. The portal exists so this cannot happen on our watch - every message logged, every action tracked, every response visible to its leaseholder.

Whatever your legal structure - RTM, Residents' Association, or organised leaseholders - the principal is the same: the people who live in the block. That's who we collaborate with, honestly.

We focus on outcomes and collaboration.

We take on a small number of buildings each year, to ensure each is given the attention required.