News Archive
MAINSTAY LAUNCHES STUDENT WEBSITE
Our new website provides potential students with a feel for how Mainstay's dedicated Accommodation Teams provide the very best level of care and service, and create a safe and fun community to suit all, from freshers experiencing being away from home for the first time right through to post grads who are seeking quiet independent space in which to get the most from their studies.
Our new student website has been designed and built to enable students to make the best choice when choosing accom...
MAINSTAY ENHANCES ITS GREEN CREDENTIALS
Over the coming months, as budgets and service charge accounts are produced, leaseholders will receive details of how they can access their own site specific area of Mainstay's website, to review all financial records. It is our intention to send hard copies of accounts and budgets only upon request and for all current and historic data to be held in an easily accessible web format. Other facilities that will be available within the ?My Development? area will include copies of newsletters, pur...
Read More...ELSY JOINS MAINSTAY IN THE SOUTH EAST
After gaining a degree in Architecture, Alex decided to work in general practice surveying, which he says "provided a good grounding in the property industry as a whole"". He then decided to specialise in residential leasehold management and has worked in this sector for most of his career. Alex was responsible for management of the Estate that includes the Royal Albert Hall.
Read More...CONCIERGE SERVICES APPOINTS ALLDRED
We have over 130 Concierges and other site staff. Their hard work and support plays an absolutely vital role in delivering excellent standards of services to our customers. To many of our customers, they are the face of Mainstay, and we have long recognised their importance to our organisation.
With this in mind, we recently welcomed Robin Alldred to the company to head up Mainstay Facilities Management, which employs and manages the activities of Mainstay's site staff.
Before joining Ma...
SECTION 20 AND ALL THAT.... (PART 2)
Interestingly, the circumstances relating to the use of intermediate/head leases are becoming even more common as a result of social housing provision and the granting of such leases to registered social landlords (RSLs). In particular, it is important to note that a landlord or superior landlord is required to consult with all parties to the property leases and that includes not only the occupational leaseholders, but any head lessee or under lessee in respect of the common parts as well as th...
Read More...WHAT DOES IT REALLY COST TO MANAGE?
"Well certainly there is significant pressure to meet artificial targets above which developers believe there will be sales resistance. To some extent this is driven by the rates at which other local Schemes are being charged, and to a further extent, by the number of investors looking for a return on their investment."
The downside of this is that the estimated cost of services for many Schemes are either inaccurate, or have been trimmed in areas which will have a detrimental effe...
SMOKE FREE REGULATIONS!
As it is now against the law not to display the relevant signage, Landlords (or their agents) have to display no-smoking signs that meet the requirement of the Regulations to comply. It applies equally whether the development has site staff or not.
External porches, if less than 50% open sided, are also to be smoke-free zones; this would also apply to any external smokers shelters. If an office has been provided, within a block, for a member of staff such as a porter, or if there are rooms...
MAINSTAY SAILS THROUGH 22,000 UNITS IN MANAGEMENT!
"Our extraordinary continued growth has only been achieved by our single minded determination to be the number one managing agent of choice in the UK. Our success is driven delivering a more customer-focussed service and employing a more skilled workforce than our competitors. This means recruiting and training the very best people the industry has to offer and then hanging on to them."
At Mainstay we have also seen significant growth in new areas such as large scheme student accom...
ARE YOU GETTING GOOD VALUE FOR YOUR GROUND RENTS?
We are pleased to announce that David Smyth has recently joined us to ensure that our developer clients get the best possible advice in disposing of their Freeholds. David will be getting round to see as many of our clients in the next few months as possible to discuss our one stop shop approach to management and how we can add value to your product. David can be contacted for an informal exploratory chat by calling him on 01905 362803 or by emailing him at davidsmyth@mainstaygroup.co.uk.
BEWARE SECTION 20 AND ALL THAT....
We believe that if you enter into an agreement for, say, 10 years before any tenants occupy, then when the tenants arrive they can refuse to pay for that service if the cost is greater than the £100 per annum limit per unit if they are minded to do so. It is important to remember that where there are service charge costs that vary with apartment floor areas, then only one apartment has to be over the limit for the legislation to kick in.
Whilst this will not affect most of the rental ma...
Join Our Mailing List
Please send me updates on:
