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

Windows Planning Permission Approval

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On the 1st of September 2017 Hounslow Borough Council approved Regatta Point’s planning application to change the roadside windows from the current design to new units.

We have only just received the information and are sharing it with newsletter subscribers now.

The full letter of approval from the council can be accessed here Planning Permission Approval 921922611

This means that Regatta Point (Freehold) Limited will now put the project out to tender, in line with the project outlined in the letter sent to all owners previously, in order to obtain costs.  The window design is outlined here.

Realistically, this means that the project will commence work in the spring or summer of 2018 which will also mean that bills will be sent out to owners at that time for payment.  We do not know the precise costs at this point but owners are advised to budget for bills in the order of a full year’s service charge.

 

Please email any questions to directors@regattapoint.co.uk

You can also come along to the annual residents’ briefing at 19:30 on Tuesday the 5th of December where we will be discussing the projects.

The Directors Regatta Point (Freehold) Limited

Incident update

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As an update to the incident last week at Regatta Point you may like to know that:

  • the female involved in the ‘Aggravated Burglary’ is unharmed and that the police have good forensic evidence and some CCTV footage of the intruder
  • we have been informed by our Community Police Officer (PC Angela Mirzai) that we currently have good security however, we have had another bike stolen (unrelated to this incident) so we are investigating further measures

We would like to remind all residents that we are all responsible for ensuring the best level of security and that we need to be vigilant by:

  • not allowing tailgating through the garage doors by pausing  in the car park to wait until the gates close behind them, helping to ensure that no other cars, cyclists or pedestrians follow through  and, if you feel safe to do so,  to challenge anyone that comes into the car park by this means
  • similarly, challenging anyone that tries to come in behind you through the front doors without being buzzed in
  • to ensure that the east and west fire door emergency exits do close properly behind them.

The Directors Regatta Point Freehold Limited

Directors’ Meeting

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Directors’ Meeting 18th September 2017

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:

  • After considerable discussion on each spend area item the budgets for 2017/18 were approved with an overall increase of 3.5%. Explanatory letters are to be sent to residents.
  • Bad debtors were reviewed and Shaws have been instructed to issue solicitors warning letters and seek County Court judgements without favour. The reclaiming of a car park lease is to be pursued through bankruptcy proceedings.
  • Requests for additional car park electrical charging points are being investigated and are proving very time consuming and complex.
  • A new Fire Policy is being developed in light of the need to upgrade the existing system.
  • Roadside windows project has seen formal planning applications going to the council (but not yet approved) and the tender process is ready to go ahead for installation next Spring/Summer.
  • The Annual Residents’ Briefing will be held on December the 5th at 19:30 in the lobby

 

 Next meeting 5th December 2017