Housing estate management

Ulfar

Given that the two comments in favour of mead fleet are from brand new members, I would direct them to the rules governing this forum.

We have seen it before where employees or owners of a company have come on here without declaring their interest.

As for the siutation the Op finds themselves in they need to read their deed/lease paperwork and understand it, I would also recommend further reading on the leasehold advisory service. Make sure you know what you are due to pay and what charges they can levy.

Depending on the amounts being spent by Meadfleet there should be consultation. They should be providing final year accounts stating what has been spent each year against what they estimated.

They should be able to back up expenditure with invoices, if work hasn't been done and a resident reports this then they have to address the issue.

qweetcher

We're tied into a contract with Meadfleet. We believe the contract is grossly unfair. Meadfleet can charge us whatever fee they choose and we have no way of arguing with them about this, as they refuse to engage. We get charged for all sorts of "management" items, which cost more than the actual cost of the gardening work they do. The gardening work itself is overcharged, and we've had an estimate by a local gardener who said he would do a better job for half the price. Meadfleet can provide whatever service they choose, which is pretty shoddy to be honest, and we have no way of discussing this with them. They charge us for a substandard service and are completely unaccountable to us. We believe we're being completely shafted by this unscrupulous company, who exist only to make money out of unfair contracts. And yes, we've heard that they have links with Bellway, who also refuse to engage.

Anyone thinking about buying a property, be warned and don't sign up to anything to do with MEADFLEET.

propertyman

As this land is not a dwelling house, the consultation referred to earlier is not a right nor is a statement of costs at the end of the year.

You may well have a remedy under the supply of goods and services act 1982, and that is best to do that as group to save on legal costs.

I would caution you that there are many such schemes run by residents and while some work, some work well, some are complete disasters and you may under estimate the amount of management work that is actually involved.

qweetcher

propertyman wrote: »

As this land is not a dwelling house, the consultation referred to earlier is not a right nor is a statement of costs at the end of the year.

You may well have a remedy under the supply of goods and services act 1982, and that is best to do that as group to save on legal costs.

I would caution you that there are many such schemes run by residents and while some work, some work well, some are complete disasters and you may under estimate the amount of management work that is actually involved.

Thanks, but anything would be better than what we've got. MEADFLEET are nothing but a bunch of con artists.

tim123456789

I know that it doesn't help you but I walked away from a block part-managed by Meadfleet, actually because the people who managed the other part were playing silly Bs. (We hadn't even got to doing DD on the Meadfleet part of the accounts)

Looks like I made the right decision.

Pity, it's a nice estate to live on.

Consumerbc

I believe Meadfleet manage the whole of a building site on which we own 2 flats. The breakdown of expenses attached to our invoice shows that the bill increases almost 4 fold from the actual cost of the work due to various management charges. I am trying to find out what I can do about this if anything.

disney_cjd

A very arrogant company. I do not believe they are regulated either which makes it even harder.

tim123456789

disney_cjd wrote: »

A very arrogant company. I do not believe they are regulated either which makes it even harder.

Of course they are not "regulated" as there is no regulation scheme for this "industry".

But they are subject to the applicable laws with the responsibility for enforcement of these laws being "self enforcement" by the harmed party.

If a tenant doesn't like what they are doing there is a process by which they can challenege it

disney_cjd

tim123456789 wrote: »

Of course they are not "regulated" as there is no regulation scheme for this "industry".

But they are subject to the applicable laws with the responsibility for enforcement of these laws being "self enforcement" by the harmed party.

If a tenant doesn't like what they are doing there is a process by which they can challenege it

No need to be Mother Superior. The point is many industry's are regulated and some aren't Meadfleet are not great at what they do but as many are bound by a deed of cov with them and there are many residents affected then changing is not that easy or cheap.

tim123456789

disney_cjd wrote: »

No need to be Mother Superior. The point is many industry's are regulated and some aren't Meadfleet are not great at what they do but as many are bound by a deed of cov with them and there are many residents affected then changing is not that easy or cheap.

What's that got to do with enforcing the rules.

Meadfleet have to follow the statutory processes for spending the (usually) leaseholder's mony

If they don't you can take legal action to force them to do so. that, in my book, is being regulated (by the legal process).

But there isn't an official regulatory body that does this for you.

And I don't believe that a deed of cov can override your statutory right to vote for an RTM and choose you own managers. The law was specifically enacted to void lease clauses that mandated named managers. (in much the same way as earlier changes have voided clauses naming required insurers)