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Disputes

Money, charges, and disagreements with your freeholder or MA

If you have a bill that does not look right, a leak nobody will pay for, or a charge you want to challenge, start here.

Compliance

Director duties, statutory obligations, and the audit

If you carry the personal liability of a director (RTM, SoF, or RMC), this is the depth: every statutory obligation, every fix, every form.

Run the compliance audit

The 21-obligation audit. Per-gap statute, cost, and S20 status.

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Compliance fix library

16 fix pages: severity, cost, supplier, draft email, S20.

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First 90 days as a director

The plan if you have just taken on the role.

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Director duties overview

The 21 statutory obligations on one page.

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AI-drafted leaseholder challenges

How to respond when ChatGPT writes the complaint.

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Fire risk assessment

FRA scope, frequency, the Responsible Person duty.

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Electrical (EICR)

EICR scope, frequency, and what fails an inspection.

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Gas safety

Annual gas safety in shared blocks.

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Asbestos duty + register

The duty to manage, and the register you need to hold.

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H&S risk assessment

Health and safety risk assessment for common parts.

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Terrorism insurance

Lender requirements and Pool Re cover.

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Buildings insurance

What the lease requires, what the lender requires.

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Directors & Officers cover

Personal liability cover for unpaid directors.

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Bank accounts

Service charge accounts, statutory trust, separation rules.

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Annual budget

Building the next year's service charge budget.

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Reserve fund

How to size and use the reserve fund.

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AGM and minutes

What an AGM should cover, and what minutes record.

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Annual accounts

Companies Act and lease accounting duties.

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Companies House

Filing deadlines, late penalties, what you owe each year.

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Maintenance log

What to log, where, and why it matters at tribunal.

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Section 20 consultation

When it applies, the £250 / £100 thresholds, the process.

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Section 21B summary

The summary of rights every demand must include.

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Management agreement

What a management agreement should include.

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Fire safety policy or strategy

The written plan that sits alongside the FRA. Required for higher-risk buildings.

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Insurance schedule and certificates

How to read the schedule and the 12 things to check.

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BLOCK-iQ

The compliance portal: 21 obligations, RAG status, alerts.

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BLOCK-iQ calculator

Time and money calculator for the compliance overhead.

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Take control

Routes out of bad freeholder management

If you are at the point where you want the building run differently, here are the four statutory routes.

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The lease intelligence product

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Reference

About the project, case studies, and external resources

Background reading, the case study behind the work, and where to go when Building Trust is not the right tool for the job.

Next steps

Four ways to take this further.

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