The management arrangements for a development are largely decided before anyone moves in — in the lease drafting, the estate charge structure, the first budget and the adoption position on roads and drainage. Get those wrong and the consequences land years later, usually on the sales team.
We'd rather be involved early. Reviewing a draft lease costs an afternoon; unpicking an unworkable service charge structure across ninety completed units costs considerably more.
How it works
We review the lease and estate structure, model the first budget, and give you figures your sales team can quote with confidence.
Management starts as the first residents move in, including collection and the developer's contribution on unsold plots.
Budgets flex as phases complete. We coordinate defects reporting between residents and your site team so it doesn't route through sales.
At the agreed trigger, control passes to a resident board with records, reserves and compliance in order.
Questions
At draft lease stage if possible. The structural decisions that cause problems later are nearly all made before the first brick.
The developer normally covers the service charge on unsold plots. We invoice that separately and clearly so it's simple to reconcile.
Not from us. The point of the handover is that the incoming board receives clean accounts, a funded reserve and current compliance records.
We can give indicative figures from drawings and unit numbers, then firm them up as the scheme settles.
Send us your last service charge budget. We'll tell you honestly whether you're getting value — no obligation either way.