Your caretaker thoughts

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Dear Residents,

As you may have realised, the Directors are now in the process of recruiting a new caretaker but before we commit ourselves we would like to know your thoughts on the replacement.
The current role is reasonably  varied and is focussed on:

  • safety
  • cleaning
  • assure residents abide by tenancy agreements
  • minor repairs
  • managing the guest rooms
  • managing on-site contractors
  • postal deliveries
  • emergency repairs during office hours
  • liaise and assist residents when appropriate
  • working between 07:30 and 15:00

We would like to know your thoughts and observations on the scope of the role and the hours worked.  Please send any comments to social@regattapoint.co.uk or comment on this blog.

The Directors of Regatta Point Freehold Limited

Neil dismissed

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To All Residents,

The Directors of Regatta Point are sorry to have to inform you that, with immediate effect, Neil has been dismissed from his position as caretaker at Regatta Point for financial irregularities associated with his position.

Due to the Data Protection Act we cannot divulge any information in regard to the matter and kindly request that you do not ask HML Shaw or the Directors for any further information as we are unable to provide it.

In the meantime, we have a temporary caretaker, Mohammed Abdelaziz, who will carry out most of Neil’s duties, although he does not have access to residents’ keys.
He will be on site  8am to midday weekdays, except for Tuesday, when he will be there 11am-3pm due to a previous commitments.

As soon as the Directors have determined the best way forward we will let you all know.

Regards,
The Directors of Regatta Point Freehold Limited.

St George’s Liaison

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On Thursday the 8th of October Stephanie Henderson-Brown (RP Director), Mo Bowyer (RP resident), Malcolm Wood (Land Director, St George) and Sean Chappell (Senior Construction Manager, St George) held one of their regular liaison meetings – the aim of which is for Regatta Point to raise any issues with the development next door and for St George’s to keep us abreast with progress.

The following are highlights of the meeting:

  • The opening up of the main archway to public use will be delayed until all large deliveries to site have been completed. This is in order to minimise the risk of mixing heavy good delivery, cars and pedestrians in that area.
  • Plans to completely re-surface the public pavement, re-position services, relocate bus stops further back in the pavement and narrow the pavement by a metre in order to provide a cycle lane are being finalised. When they are carried out alternative pathways for pedestrians will be available because of the completion of ground works in the block next to RP.
  • The tall, overgrown, trees and bushes next to RP east wall have been removed and will be replaced by low-level shrubs. However, many dying climbing plants are still overhanging the RP east wall and trellises, and the small trellises that were on top of the walls in the central area of the RP car park have been removed by St George’s. Sean Chappell came in to the RP car park for a site inspection, and agreed that St George’s would remove all of the overhanging plants and replace the small missing trellises in order to help keep RP secure. Sean Chappell will contact Stephanie Henderson-Brown with a convenient date for this to take place.
  • Security is to be maintained on the public footpath between the St George’s development and Regatta Point by the implementation of gates at the roadside and riverside end of the development. These gates will be locked overnight with key codes issued to St George’s residents and some boat owners. The St George’s development is managed by Premier Estates who have both security cameras and 24 hour staff on site. This area will not be open until nearer to the end of the build.
  • There are now approximately 10 units left to sell. Once these are sold the marketing suite building can be demolished. This work is already being put out to tender.
  • The completion of the rest of the roadside site is expected to be spring/summer 2016, but the roadside hoarding which partly obscures the vision of car drivers entering and leaving regatta Point will not be removed until the end of the build.
  • Most of the ground floor commercial units will be for office use and one of the units is under offer from a production company. There will be two retail units.

Next meeting Thursday 10th December 08:30am.

Neil on leave of absence

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Please be advised that our caretaker Neil is current on a leave of absence and we have, therefore, arranged a temporary caretaker to take over his role as of today.

His name is Mohamed Abdelaziz and he will be on site from 8am-12pm Monday to Friday.

Please note Mohamed does not have access to the key storage at Regatta Point so if you require anyone to collect keys this will not be possible in the interim and you will need to make alternative arrangements and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Mohamed will continue to take parcels etc. and he can be contacted on the usual numbers of 07957 355 018 & 020 8568 5432 should you require his assistance.

Yours Sincerely,
Lyndsey

Lyndsey Ridgers MIRPM AssocRICS
Senior Property Manager

Directors’ Meeting 15th September 2015

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

Representatives from HML Shaw were present.

  • Fire Enforcement Notice – tender for work to be carried out to comply with notice due back at end of September. Exceptional bill to be issued to residents, which is expected to be significant.
  • Internal decorations – Sauna work due to complete soon which allows progress on other items.
  • Caretaker phone – Neil now has a landline with message facilities and a signal booster in office so should be completely contactable.
  • HML Shaw service levels – poor service levels were discussed and a better understanding of what RPFL pays for was obtained. Improvements are anticipated once fire works are out of the way.
  • Service charges for 15/16 were discussed – especially significant insurance premium increase that is anticipated following the fire. Reluctantly directors agreed to 9% increase.