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3. Can we as residents collectively request that our local county council take over the estate if we are not happy with the "management company". Are they are legally obliged to take it over if we request.
Our management company and agent were operating before out place was completely finished so I presume that it is possible. In our case the development was completed in stages with road surfaces, common area landscaping done by the developer before they left. I don't think that this is uncommon. If I recall correctly there may also have been a problem with some of the sewerage/drainage infrastructure which may have been put right by the local authority and which was funded from whatever bonds the developer had to lodge in advance in relation to the development.1. Are the management company/agents allowed to take over management of an "unfinished" development? All houses are completed, but there are unfinished portions of tarmac in the car park of the development and unpainted common areas (as well as a few other things left unfinished by the builder). If the management company/agents take over the unfinished development who is responsible for finishing all unfinished work?
You can check if the company is in breach of company law easily enough. If they are then it's up to you as to how you want to deal with it. But obviously if you take an adversarial approach to dealing with your management company then you may be cutting off your nose to spite your face.2. What happens if the residents are NOT informed of any AGM (none of us have been to date and some people are living there since Summer 2006 ... I've been there since Christmas 2006)? We have also received NO annual accounts ... the only correspondence has been invoices for service charges.
You can request it but I very much doubt that the LA can do anything even if they wanted to - at least as long as the management company remains the legal guardian (not sure of the correct term) of the development. As far as I know the LA can only take the development in charge (in part or full) with the agreement of the management company. The residents on their own have no authority in this respect.3. Can we as residents collectively request that our local county council take over the estate if we are not happy with the "management company". Are they are legally obliged to take it over if we request.
Please re-read my comments.Quote "But obviously if you take an adversarial approach to dealing with your management company then you may be cutting off your nose to spite your face."
I'm sorry but this is the type of advice I was referring to and quite frankly you would be better off to ignore it.
What about www.neighbours.ie ?[FONT="]Would it be possible to get a forum set up for management companies / agents?[/FONT]
[FONT="][URL="http://www.consumerconnect.ie/eng/Hot_Topics/Campaigns/Property_Management_Forum/Have_your_say_feedback.html"]http://www.consumerconnect.ie/eng/Ho..._feedback.html
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- [FONT="]disjointed as there is no method for replying to individual posts. [/FONT]
- [FONT="]posts are selected by emailing haveyoursay@consumerconnect.ie[/FONT]
- [FONT="]no practical information and advice - just a list of experiences of management companies that aren’t working[/FONT]
What about ?
Google can do site specific searches - see my signature (if you can't see it then enable this option in your profile (User CP top left of page))In theory yes, but in practice this site does not provide the info in an easily searchable form
Who says that residents of those developments visit AAM?and some developments have sites with no visitors.
Maybe post in the "suggestions" forum so?I too would be in favour of creating a special forum/sub forum for property management issues.
Maybe post in the "suggestions" forum so?
Probably not. TryAKA said:
To be fair to the NCA, it is probably the only website run by a government body which has such a forum at all.
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