Background
Ringley Chartered Surveyors (company number : 3302438) was incorporated in January 1997 and is registered under the Data Protection Act, registration number: Z6912201. All of Ringley’s Board of Directors are professionally qualified. The Board comprises
- Mary-Anne Bowring MRICS MBEng MIRPM
- Richard Boucher MRICS
- Andrew Kellerher MRICS
- Peter Bowring MA BA Sol
Ringley is a corporate member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA).
Ringley is also a recognised Investor in People and has held ISO9000 registration since 21st November 2000, registration number 2499/00.
The company fully supports the Code of Practice for Residential Property Managers and uses this and each Client’s lease as the benchmark for (a) service and (b) the rules governing the management of the block/estate that should be upheld.
Client funds are protected
Ringley has clean Client Money audit certificates for every year of trade since incorporation and passed a routine RICS Client Money Audit in 2006.
Ringley operates unique client bank accounts for each and every service charge client with money held in trust with interest accruing to the lessee’s.
Transparent, accountable and convenient
To support our 'open book' policy, Ringley gives Clients (Freeholders and Directors of Estate Management Companies) on-line access to their
- bank account balances (reserves fund & day to day service charge fund)
- the last 20 payment transactions
- lessee arrears list
- a budget : performance report
- directors meeting minutes
- post news on the Client newsboard
At leaseholder level Ringley delivers the ability to
- see account balances & get an instant statement of account
- pay service charges on-line
- view the service charge estimate
- view the rolling reserves plan
- view AGM/residents meeting minutes
- view the site surveyors reports
- view the insurance schedule
Strategic advice
With nearly 5,000 properties under full management and over 94% of these being 'Resident Management Companies' - where the Client is in fact a Board of Directors elected from the flat-owners - Ringley understands the need for a strategy that gives due regard to the lease but also delivers service charges that are "reasonable" and represent value for money.
Ringley’s competence can deliver leaseholders a strategic solution through various routes including the Right to Manage, Freehold Purchase and acting as a Court-Appointed Manager.
Recent cases
Court Appointed Manager appointments held:
Case, Ref, Property Address:
LON/00AP/LAM/2005/0028 3 Flats @ 68 Kirkton Road
CAM/26UG/LAM/2006/006 15 Flats @ Hillcrest, King Harry Lane, St Albans
Ringley has assisted the following blocks in rectifying defective title
No. Lessee’s, Property Address, Title Defect
5 158 Gloucester Place Arrears collection of service charge
2 14 Parkwood Road Absentee landlord
5 252 Camden Road Management Company struck off
Legal services
Ringley has a Legal Services Team that delivers affordable solutions on typical lease breaches such as service charge arrears, breach of covenant and title defects.
In 2006 to uphold the service charge provisions of Clients’ leases Ringley took 811 arrears litigation cases of which just 35 were defended and all received successful outcomes for the Freeholder or Management Clients at either the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal where issues of reasonableness or recovery were at point or the County Court in more straightforward cases.
Conclusion
Ringley is a progressive forward thinking property company that since 1997 has grown to employ 40 individuals and supports team members to attain professional membership of the accountancy, legal, estate management and surveying professions.
