The next Islington Leaseholders Monthly Meeting is on
Wednesday 11th August 2010
Islington Town Hall Chambers
7pm – 9pm
Guest Speaker: To be advised
Chairing the Meeting will be Dr Brian Potter – ILA Chair
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Leaseholders and Scaffolding
It has been brought to ILA’s notice that scaffolders are not being pursued for costs for which they are supposedly insured (and presumably should extend to all damage caused).
It states on the information pack for a Scaffolding Licence that –
“All applicants must hold a public liability Insurance policy in for the sum of £5 million or above.”
Leaseholders should note that scaffolders usually need a Licence to erect scaffolding at any given location and that if scaffolding really is needed for major works, members should ask for a copy of the Licence. Furthermore, if damage is caused by scaffolding in any way, then members should ensure that all associated costs are claimed under the scaffolder’s insurance (rather than the leaseholder accept to pay those costs instead).
We strongly recommend that photos be taken of any damage.
If members have mistakenly paid bills including works arising from damage caused by scaffolding (proof being available in Reports etc), we suggest that they contact HfI, Partners or the Council to ask for reimbursement.
Dr B.S.Potter letter to Islington Tribune on reducing the cost to the borough of the unnecessary / unwanted components related to the Decent Homes Program!
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LEASE has moved
LEASE are open as usual from 9:30am on Monday 26 July 2010 at their new office:
Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7BN.
Their new telephone number is 020 7383 9800 and fax number is 020 7383 9849.
http://www.lease-advice.org.uk/news/story/?item=40
The Borough’s accounts (financial year ending 31 March 2010) are NOW OPEN to Borough electors to inspect, make copies of the accounts, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them. (A charge may be made for excessive copies.)
Click on How to inspect
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Blog poll
Loading ...Hosted by Dr Potter, ILA board members in attendance,
catch up on leaseholder news, meetings with the exec, agents and pols etc
guests tbc
7.00- 9.00 pm Islington Town Hall,
Upper st, Islington, N1
Hi All Islington Leaseholders
We have just been informed that there will be an Islington Council Audit Committee Meeting on Monday 28 June 2010, at 7.30pm in Committee room 5, at the Town Hall , Upper Street.
It should be very a very interesting meeting.
14/7/10 You can download the agenda and docs relating to the meeting.
You can see some of the reported response to this meeting here
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Listed Building Owner Info Request
Islington Council has to give consent for Alterations, Extension or Demolition of a Listed Building under the Planning Act 1990 .
You may need evidence of these consents from the council if you ever sell your property, and of course it is a criminal offence to carry out works to a listed building without prior Listed Building Consent – even if you did not know that the building was listed.
Has any Islington Leaseholder with a listed building received copies of a Listed Building consent certificate from Islington Planning department via HFI or Partners or any of their sub-contractors for any work they have carried out?
Has any Islington Leaseholder with a property in a Conservation Area been consulted in advance or received a letter from Islington Planning department via HFI or Partners or any of their sub-contractors approving any major works they have had done by HFI or Partners?
Please let us know.
Chris Briere-Edney, an ILA member suggests a response to the “Notices of Proposal to enter into a long term agreement ” letter from HFI.
The deadline to respond is the 9 July.
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Whose your Landlord?
Dr Potter writes to Tribune on why HFI is not our Landlord and why they should stop suggesting they are.