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Directors’ Meeting

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Directors’ Meeting 18th September 2018

The Directors of Regatta Point Freehold Limited met for a regular meeting to discuss various matters arising in the running of the building.  

The following are highlights of the discussions:

  • Following on from detailed discussion about significant increases in running costs, the need to increase the contributions to the Reserve Fund and how this was off-set by a one-off reduction in insurance costs the Directors agreed to set the service charge budget at roughly the same level for the following financial year. It was noted that this is not expected to be maintained going forward.
  • The windows project was discussed at length as it is now at the point where bills can be issued to Owners. It was decided to further engage with Owners by creating a lobby display and accompanying website to explain the project and encourage more feedback.  Informal letters containing bill estimates would be sent out prior to the Directors formally committing to the project and issuing bills.
  • The state of the pier decking was discussed as the dry summer had highlighted the poor state of repair of some planks. Investigation started to explore way forward.

Next meeting 20th November 2018

PLEASE NOTE THE ANNUAL RESIDENTS’ BRIEFING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY THE 11TH OF DECEMBER AT 19:30 IN THE LOBBY

Date for your diary

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Please make a note in your diary that the Annual Residents’ Briefing is scheduled to take place on Tuesday the 11th of December at 19:30 in the lobby.

The Directors will recap 2018 and look forward to events in 2019 and take any questions that people attending might have.  Major topics will include the state of our finances, significant increases in running costs, security and of course the windows project.

Please try and come along as they are usually very informative and social sessions.  As a bribe we will be offering a little light refreshment afterwards for those who wish to hang around.

Directors – Regatta Point Freehold Limited

Windows Project Update

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As RP Owners know from the Section 20 letters they have received – the Directors are commissioning a project to replace the roadside residential windows at Regatta Point and to refurbish some riverside windows and the roadside elevation rooftop.  We are now at the point where the bills will be issued so that we can raise the funds to commission the contractors.

We thought it was a good point in time to make widely available to proposed design and all of the background documents.

Therefore, we have created a display in the lobby of Regatta Point so that you can see the new windows in detail.  Accompanying this display is a folder containing hard copies of many important documents such as surveyors report, legal advice and planning permission so that you can have access to all of the background documents that have been produced to date.

All the material is reproduced electronically on the RP website on the new page “Windows Project”.  So, please take some time out to visit the lobby or the website to review the information.

Any  quick questions can be asked of our Caretaker, Michael if you are in the lobby.  If you wish to ask a question more formally or express your views in favour or against please email directors@regattapoint.co.uk

Over the next week we will also be sending out an informal letter containing the estimated bill for individual flats.  Michael has this information available upon request.

At this time, we do not have the fine detail of the project such as any need to access flats, the timetable, how we will treat secondary glazing etc.  This will be defined once a contractor has been engaged.

For now, we wish all Owners to understand the proposal and to have asked any questions and raised any concerns they have – before we formally commission any work.

The Directors Regatta Point Freehold Limited

Directors Meeting – June 2018

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Directors’ Meeting 6th June 2018

The Directors of Regatta Point Freehold Limited met for a regular meeting to discuss various matters arising in the running of the building.  

The following are highlights of the discussions:

  • Roadside windows project has been delayed again over the issue of obtaining quotes for some elements of the works but the intention is to continue with the project and send out Section 20 letters as soon as possible.
  • New Fire Alarm – HML are to obtain more competitive quotes
  • Electric Car charging points – it was decided that this development has to be set up on a standalone basis and those people who expressed an interest will be written to explaining the way forward.
  • It was decided that tables would be purchased for the garden.
  • The Directors unanimously agreed to renew our Caretaker’s contract for another year.

Next meeting 11th September 2018

Annual Residents’ Briefing Summary

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Annual Residents Meeting 5th December 2017

The Directors of Regatta Point Freehold Limited invited all residents and owners to the annual briefing held in the upper lobby at Regatta Point where they reviewed last year and looked ahead to the next.  They aimed to brief all attendees on a variety of important matters and answer any questions raised.  The Directors also wanted to gain feedback from residents on how they would like to move forward in certain matters.

The slides are available here : Annual Residents Briefing December 2017 V7

Additionally, a letter from Paula Bowman regarding the windows project is similarly available.  This is regardless of it being outside of the Section 20 process that the Directors are legally obliged to follow – they felt her views should be aired as requested and noted that nobody at the meeting expressed the same opinions.

The letter is available here: Paula Bowman Regatta Point Windows

The following are actions to be taken by the Directors as a result of the discussions:

  1. Request residents to report on their balcony paint work and wood decking to ascertain their state of repairs.  Interim repair and tidy up may be needed for some so as to delay the major refurbishment.
  2. Checked valid emergency telephone numbers used in the UK
    ANSWER: 999 and 112 work on all phones in the UK. 911 only works on mobile phones.
  3. Ask one of our suppliers to survey RP flat doors to see if residents want cold-smoke and/or intumescent strips fitting.
  4. Alarm to be sounded in the event of a fire.  Even with a stay put policy the consensus was that residents would want an alarm to sound so they can make their own choice.
  5. Secure the website so that information on keys etc. is no longer available to the public.
  6. Send a note asking all residents to respect others parking spaces – even if they appear not to be used.  Ask Michael to co-ordinate any kind offers from residents who can make spare spaces available to fellow residents.
  7. Alan Kohn offered the services of his drone for inspection of the roadside elevation of the building to aid inspection for the windows tender process.
  8. The reaction from all attending was positive to go ahead with the new windows based on the design shown. Residents expressed gratitude for the notice of the likely cost of this work in advance.  Details of how the project would be managed for each flat and the approach for internal “make good” work needs to be developed in detail.

The Directors Regatta Point (Freehold) Limited