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This is an archive showing posts assigned to tag: Bloor Homes.

Items relating to Bloor Homes Ltd, the construction company responsible for creating The Dovecote.

An update on maintenance issues
An update on maintenance issues

Maintenance Issues Update

By Nige on August 14, 2023 at 3:54 pm
Type: Post Category: Maintenance
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | Management Company | Management Plan

Recently the RA has been in contact with Bloor Homes, requesting they undertake some urgent maintenance actions on the Public Open Space (POS). This post provides an update on progress.

Not enough focus on maintenance in recent times at The Dovecote
Not enough focus on maintenance in recent times at The Dovecote

Latest on Maintaining the Public Open Space

By Nige on June 24, 2023 at 2:48 pm
Type: News Category: Maintenance
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | Management Plan

We have prepared a summary of who is responsible for maintenance prior to full handover. You can read all about Who is Responsible for Maintenance Pre-Handover? in our blog post.

The Public Open Space on The Dovecote
The Public Open Space on The Dovecote

Who is Responsible for Maintenance Pre-Handover?

By Nige on May 23, 2023 at 8:04 am
Type: Post Category: Maintenance
Tags: Bloor Homes | Management Company | Management Plan

It's been over two years since Bloor Homes sold the final property on The Dovecote. So understandably, residents are asking about who's responsible for maintaining the Public Open Space (POS) at The Dovecote.

First cut of the new season at The Dovecote
First cut of the new season at The Dovecote

First Cut of the New Season

By Nige on April 10, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Type: News Category: Maintenance
Tags: Bloor Homes | Green and Growing

Spring has officially sprung with the first cut of the grass undertaken by Green and Growing on Easter Sunday. Green and Growing are engaged by Bloor Homes to keep the grass under control. We track maintenance undertaken on site via the website’s Maintenance Log, primarily to ensure the POS is being maintained in line with […]

Companies Making Money
Companies Making Money

Bloor, FirstPort and the Management Company – Who are They?

By Nige on March 11, 2023 at 5:16 pm
Type: Post Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | FirstPort | Management Company

We have written a lot about these three mythical beings, but do you understand who they are and what the relationship is between them? And why they are significant?

Claiming Money Back
Claiming Money Back

Service Charges – Claiming Back from Bloor Homes

By Nige on March 10, 2023 at 6:28 am
Type: Post Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes

Residents have been receiving service charges from Chamonix and/or FirstPort for a number of years now, but do residents realise that they can claim these costs back from Bloor Homes?

FirstPort
FirstPort

Update on Recovery of FirstPort Expenses

By Nige on February 28, 2023 at 11:25 am
Type: News Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | FirstPort

We have had no response from Bloor recently in respect to the recovery of costs we have incurred from FirstPort. We assume others are in the same boat. We would expect we will soon receive the annual charge from FirstPort – it’s normally early Feb (if we recall correctly), since the “year” runs from start […]

Bloor Homes
Bloor Homes

Discussions with FirstPort and Bloor Homes

By Nige on February 14, 2023 at 11:33 am
Type: News Category: Handover
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | FirstPort

For awareness, we have exchanged emails with the new Property Manager at FirstPort. They have been on site; we can only assume at the invitation of Bloor Homes. We have recommended they spend no more time working on the development on the basis that it will simply lead to expenses that FirstPort will pass on […]

Bloor Homes
Bloor Homes

Response to Bloor Deputy MD

By Nige on January 23, 2023 at 11:22 am
Type: News Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes

Our response to the Deputy MD of Bloor Homes, South Midlands: Deputy MD, Many thanks for your response. Your reference to “…our former development…” is interesting. Since Bloor is very much still responsible for the development and is likely to continue to be responsible for a good amount of time to come. For Bloor Homes, […]

Bloor Homes
Bloor Homes

Update on Recovery of FirstPort Expenses

By Nige on January 19, 2023 at 11:27 am
Type: News Category: Service Charges
Tags: Announcements | Bloor Homes | FirstPort

Anyone received any further comms from Bloor? If they don’t confirm they will pay by end of today, we need to issue Letters Before Action to Bloor on Friday (as threatened in our last comms) to demonstrate we are serious. It may be that although Bloor gave in to us (we were only looking for […]

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