We review our services and the fees and administration charges we collect from customers periodically, to ensure these are benchmarked, are reasonable and reflect factors such as inflation. The last such review we undertook was towards the end of 2022. Our 2024 review has just been completed, and a small number of fees will be increasing as from May 2024. Where a fee is increasing and an ongoing transaction or service was quoted at the old fee level, this will be honoured. In response to customer and conveyancer demand we are also introducing new expedited services for our Assignment and Mortgage packs. Details of this are in the updated fees and requirements guidance we send to customers as part of our pre-sales process.
We take this opportunity to extend our best wishes to all our customers in advance of the festive season, and for the new year to come. Please note that HomeGround’s office will close at 4:00 pm on Friday 22nd December 2023 and reopen at 9:00 am on Tuesday 2nd January 2024. Our Customer Telephone Contact phone lines will reopen at 10:00 am on Tuesday 2nd January 2024.
For Leases granted by Countryside Properties at Hunt Lane, Chadderton, OL9. We are pleased to confirm that, following an agreement between developer Countryside Properties and Abacus, Abacus has entered into voluntary Undertakings with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to offer to remove rent review clauses from 59 leases at Hunt Lane, originally granted by Countryside with rent review clauses doubling more frequently than every 20 years (Doubling Clauses), including where these had been replaced with reviews linked to the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
Recent changes brought about by the Building Safety Act and the associated regulations may provide some leaseholders with protections against costs arising from certain building safety related costs, in some circumstances. A deed of certificate, in the prescribed form set out by government, needs to be completed to determine if you are eligible for the protections...
For Leases granted by Redrow Real Estates Limited that were acquired by Adriatic at Crawford Building, London E1 and Kingston Riverside, Kingston-Upon-Thames KT2 We are pleased to confirm that, following an agreement between developer Redrow with Adriatic, Adriatic will offer to remove rent review clauses from 210 leases at Kingston Riverside, originally granted by Redrow with rent review clauses doubling more frequently than every 20 years (Doubling Clauses). Adriatic will also vary the overriding lease owned by Redrow at Crawford Building to permit them to vary those residential underleases held under their lease which contain Doubling Clauses.
For Leases granted by Miller Homes Limited that were acquired by Adriatic at Silsoe and Abacus at Fairfield Drive We are pleased to confirm that, following an agreement between developer Miller Homes with Adriatic and Abacus, Adriatic and Abacus will offer to remove rent review clauses from 3 leases at Silsoe and one lease at Fairfield Drive respectively, originally granted by Miller Homes with rent review clauses doubling more frequently than every 20 years (Doubling Clauses).
We are delighted to welcome Gary Crook, who has joined the HomeGround team as Head of Asset Protection, a department that brings together the professional resources within our existing Estates Management, Fire and Building Safety teams.
For Leases granted by Countryside Properties at Highmead (aka Silverpoint), Edmonton N18 We are pleased to confirm that, following an agreement between developer Countryside Properties, and Adriatic, Adriatic has entered into voluntary Undertakings with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), to offer to remove rent review clauses from 119 leases at Highmead, originally granted by Countryside with rent review clauses doubling more frequently than every 20 years (Doubling Clauses), including where these had been replaced with reviews linked to the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
As part of our commitment to professional and personal development across our team, we give all our staff access to a range of external training and development opportunities, including studying for recognised professional qualifications as members of industry bodies such as the Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM)...
We are pleased to announce that just before Christmas, HomeGround, as part of a cross-industry group of stakeholders reached an agreement with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on the terms of the Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) for the Non-ACM Building Safety Fund