"Right to Manage" Guidance

Regrettably, not all property management is carried out to the high standards adopted by Kingsdale. Until quite recently, Leaseholders had few powers to do anything about indifferent or bad management standards, as remedies through the Courts or Leasehold Valuation Tribunals were slow and expensive.

The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 gave a new and powerful right to Leaseholders, namely the chance to opt for a new managing agent of their choice. In very simple terms, this new law means that, provided at least 50% of them are in favour, Leaseholders can change their managing agent. Leaseholders would need to form a company in order to progress matters and a series of notices would need to be served on fellow leaseholders and the landlord.

To find our more about the Right to Manage, we suggest you telephone the Leasehold Advisory Service on 0845 345 1993 or visit their website at www.lease-advice.org

If you are looking to change your managing agent, we would be pleased to help guide you through the maze of procedures and even manage your development for you. We have more detailed information we can send you and we are happy to have an initial meeting with no obligation to discuss the matter. Please contact us.

If you want to know more about the standards to which we operate, please see our Standards of Service page.