Property Management UK

Our Property Management division provides clients with a complete management service. Based in Hertford, the division handles not only individual flat investments but also residential blocks and commercial buildings. We are members of the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) and also have ISO 9002 certification for our systems.

Hurford Salvi Carr are niche players in residential block management in central London, specialising in the management of new build or newly refurbished residential blocks. Moving into a new flat inevitably has some teething problems, and our Property Management london division have considerable experience of liaising with developers, contractors and purchasers to ensure that the settling in process is as trouble free as possible. The Property Management london division also provides project management services for shell and core developments where lessees carry out their own fitting out works.

Our block property management UK service includes the collection of ground rents, service charge management and accounting, and the preparation of medium term maintenance programmes. The division aims to set an appropriate service charge level for each block and ensure that this increases generally in line with inflation year by year, alongside the collection of a suitable reserve fund for planned maintenance. In this way lessees can be assured that there will be no surprises with unexpected demands for additional sums needed to carry out unforeseen maintenance work. We encourage the formation of a recognised residents association in each block, and aim to meet once or twice a year with each association or with residents generally.

Our flat management service includes the collection of rents on behalf of the landlord, ensuring the flat is kept in good condition, and the handling of all requests from the tenant. As well as quarterly inspections, the management service liaises with the Lettings division to ensure that at the end of each tenancy any void period is kept to a minimum.

The Property Management UK including london division also manages a number of commercial property investments, and again will collect the rents on behalf of the landlord and carry out all routine maintenance on the building. The division will also deal with all tenant queries and ensure the building is kept in good condition.

We have our own direct labour force to carry out emergency works and ongoing routine maintenance. This operates through the name of Ashby & Horner Limited, a company that was originally established in the late 1690's in the City of London to carry out maintenance, joinery and building work. It has an unbroken record of service to clients in London since that time.