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Taking up Residence as Part of BITA
Residence Liverpool are delighted to be joining BITA as part of our long-term vision for conducting future business in the city of Liverpool.
Whilst Residence (Liverpool) Limited is a newly formed company in October 2019, our expertise has been long established.
Our experience in property management has been acquired over many years under our sister company Beech Properties, which was established in 2004 by Gordon Cuthbert.
But we are not a company who manages from a distance. Rather, we are very close, and we demonstrate this by only looking after properties in the Liverpool City Region. In addition, we only provide local contractors and tradesmen to deliver their services into the blocks.
Having many apartments under our management we consistently found apartment blocks, that had poorly maintained communal areas, and dissatisfied Leaseholders.
All too often these blocks were not legally complaint under the fire and safety regulations, thereby putting the residents’ lives at risk.
We found very quickly over a elatively short period of time we took on more and more buildings and brought them back to the condition and effective management the leaseholders and residents rightly deserve.
The more of these buildings we visited, the more we wanted to achieve a different kind of block management.
A service that was not just cost effective for the leaseholders, but also respective of the needs of the residents, giving them a home, they would be proud to call home.
Being based in Liverpool, we are lucky to be in a city with a great cultural history and many iconic buildings and stunning architecture, steeped in history.
Many of these properties have now been converted into apartment living, but in doing so these buildings very much need to be preserved and maintained to ensure they survive for generations to come.
It is this passion for our city that drives the team at Residence to provide a unique management service and a fresh approach to shake up the typical methods of property management.
Rather than merely providing a new service, through Beech Properties, we chose to introduce a brand-new company, with his own identity and values with the sole focus of offering first-class property management that is superior yet refreshingly different to any alternative within the region.
Residence is embodied by the desire to provide a service that is reliable, professional and personal with 24/7 access to its team. Their intention is to take care of not only the buildings themselves, but also the investments of any freeholders and Leaseholders involved with property projects.
Every building is unique, along with the residents who live there, and so each new property who comes under our management receives a personalised service and schedule created for the needs of the property. This involves everything from cleaning through to insuring the building, and all the safety regulations required under law.
At Residence we inspect properties under our management every week, which ensures nothing escapes our attention.
We offer additional services, such having energy consultants check the energy efficiency of all the properties, to ensure we take all necessary steps to reduce the carbon footprint for the buildings.
Whilst the legal technicalities and complexities of block management and rules regarding freehold and leasehold can be confusing for lots of people, at Residence we strive to inform and help leaseholders understand their options, and are more than happy to help them achieve control of the building they live in.
At Residence we love nothing more than helping leaseholders take back control of their home, it’s very much about teamwork and together we can improve the standard of block management in Liverpool.
We also have considerable experience working with property developers, freeholders, architects, construction managers and investors. Whether it is a project at the very start of the build process or a development that has stalled and gone into receivership, there are many areas that we can assist.
So, as you can see, we are very excited about the work we deliver and the clients that we can help. And by joining BITA, we will be opening new doors (since we’re very good at doing that!) nd thus able to grow even further as we head into 2021 and beyond.
