Maintenance in three easy steps
Fix urgent problems
We’ll diagnose the cause, design a solution, and take a structured clear way to employ a contractor to carry it out. We can then oversee the work to give you peace of mind.
Get a plan
While carrying out the urgent repairs we’ll develop a 30 year costed plan (a Building Passport) for your tenement to help you budget for the future and to help bring people together. We’ll help you create an owners’ association and shared bank account.
3. Employ a manager
Once a plan is written, we can manage all the small regular maintenance that will keep your building in good condition. We’ll organise the governance of scheme decisions, and help you find and employ contractors and suppliers. All for a flat monthly fee. This could be around £60/month/flat.
Do you have an urgent problem right now with your tenement?
Do you have quotes from roofers that you can’t choose between?
Are you worried about making the right choice?
Are you struggling to get everyone in agreement?
Is it difficult to find the money to pay for repairs and maintenance?
Shared Works
To shared residential buildings, like tenements apartment blocks, or terraces
A B C… Shared Repairs to Shared Works
A is for Association. Formal Groups all need a Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary. They need governance to help make decisions. This might seem lots of work, but it is needed to enable the next steps
B is for Building Passport. A Building Passport is a survey-based report which looks at your building, and you, and your community. It sets out any maintenance needs, and energy improvement needs. Read more here.
C is for Cash. Set up a Building Reserve Fund for any future planned maintenance, and save up for future improvements. The Building Passport gives a budget for every year for the next decade and beyond, which is used to decide how much goes into the Building Reserve Fund.
From shared works to resilient communities
Shared Works is where a community comes together to improve their built environment. This could start with simple things like maintenance - cleaning windows and gutters, or cutting grass. It could then move on to renewal of elements, like roofs, or masonry pointing. The Shared Works approach enables more complex changes to buildings, such as adding insulation, or energy systems (commonly known as ‘retrofit’) to be successful.
Shared Works creates groups to share things like tools, clothes and goods, bikes, or to get funding together to invest in shared energy systems.
To make the most of what is possible, formal structures are needed, from an unincorporated community group, to a Stair Association, to a Residents Association, or a Development Trust. Formal structures can have shared bank accounts, apply for funds, and employ contractors. A group can more easily afford professional consultants, and work with more professional contractors, increasing the chance of work being a success.
Diagram showing the progress on isolated individuals, to loose associations, to more structured groups, and the increasing scale of positive outcomes.