Property Management

Our Residential Property Team works with varied property owners such as freeholders, shared ownership leaseholders and residents’ associations. We assist with extensive estates of flats and freehold homes, through to smaller housing developments requiring maintenance assistance of common areas.

The services we undertake include:

• Administration and day-to-day running.
• Property inspections and the management and tendering of maintenance contracts.
• The point of contact for liaising with all parties including residents, company directors and resident committees.
• Appointing, instructing and monitoring contractors whether for regular works such as cleaning or ad-hoc repairs.
• Providing financial controls including budgets, service charge collection and contractor payments.
• Producing financial reports for directors and assisting auditors on end of year accounts.
• Advising stakeholders on duties and requirements, plus support on updates to legislation and procedures.
• Administer lease procedures including solicitor’s inquiries on transfer of ownership, licensed alteration consents and alleged breaches of covenant.

Many Residential Estates are controlled by a property management company or resident association limited company. The articles of association may require a company secretary to be appointed. Curchod & Co retain the expertise to perform this role ensuring annual returns and registration are carried out and Annual General Meetings are properly scheduled, recorded and, where required, chaired.

The range of services we offer include:

• Arranging and chairing AGMs
• Managing share registers
• Handling Leasehold property sales and extensions
• Arranging dividend payments

Often managing your investment portfolio can be challenging, especially as assets can differ in size, condition and location. A strong understanding of market conditions is important to the management process and as such our Management and Commercial Teams work closely together to provide a complete investment management package. We act for diverse freeholders and investors whether dealing with a single let, multiple let serviced buildings, or larger estate portfolios.

The range of services we offer include:

• Rent collection
• Oversee complete portfolio management
• Administration and day-to-day running
• Inspections and maintenance Tendering of contracts
• Service charge accounting and reconciliations
• Contractor tendering, appointment, instruction, monitoring and payments
• Co-ordination of ad-hoc or regular repairs and maintenance
• Property inspections, maintenance scheduling and budgeting
• Lease administration including licensed consent and breaches of tenant covenants
• Asset Management Marketing of vacant space
• Assured Short Hold and Periodic Tenancies

All properties come under stress and require significant maintenance, repair or refurbishment construction work during their life-cycle. Curchod & Co have the resources and expertise to provide the additional professional services required with managed property. In service charge developments, there will often be a requirement for pre-planning of works. Our Chartered Building Surveyors advise and program these works through to specifying, tendering, and fully monitoring contracts up to completion.

Aspects that we also undertake include:

• Advice on significant property works
• Monitoring and administration of construction contracts
• Advise on financial controls and design options
• The establishment of budgets and feasibility reports
• Tendering of contractors and subcontractors
• Regular updating of finances
• Scrutinising of Timescales
• Monitoring of contract progress
• Service of S20 Notices

Legislation has required that commercial property owners have regular risk assessments undertaken on their buildings. This affects shops, offices and industrial units, as well as common parts of residential flats.

Curchod & Co’s Building Surveyors co-ordinate and carry out these specialist tests and investigations. We prepare and assist with the subsequent upkeep of the necessary Asbestos Registers, Fire Risk Assessments and Disability Discrimination Act audits and a multitude of other periodic test reports that are required to be held and periodically upheld.

We offer:

• Investigations into property risks
• Commercial property legislative requirements
• Assistance with preparation and implementation of risk assessments

Our qualified team of Management and Buildings Surveyors are experts and preparing and implementing planned schedules of maintenance to identify and prevent minor maintenance issues before they become major structural problems. Not only does this avoid unnecessary work but will help you to save money in the long term. From straightforward gutter cleaning or roof inspections to general building surveys and pest control, by keeping to a timetable of checks and remedies, your property will uphold its value to tenants.