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Peverel Retirement has been reap- pointedaspropertymanager at one of its former developments. ResidentsatBardenCourt in Maidstone left Peverel Retirement in 2008 but returned lastmonth after contractswithtwo other managing agents didn’t work out. “It becameclear that the grass
AnniversAry
PMS CElEbRAtES 25YEARSiN
isn’talwaysgreener”, said Peter Kirby, resident.“Wethought there was no harm in shopping around foranalternative property manager, butpromises were not fulfilled and it’s a relief to be going back to acompany we know will properlymaintainour building andkeepthe finances in order.
“Our homesmean everything to us,and there’snow arealsense of optimismafter thelastfew monthswhenBardenCourt was at a lowebb.” CynthiaGibbs,Peverel
Retirement Business Liaison Manager, said:“We’reabsolutely delightedtobereappointed by the
PeverelRetirement call 01425 632340 oremail commercial@
peverel.co.uk
residentshavingworkedclosely with themover recentmonths.We were very sadtoloseBardenCourt andare confident thatwewill deliveramuchimprovedservice”. Formoreinformation on
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COlChEStER Colchester based propertyman- aging agents,PMS Leasehold Management Ltd celebrated its Silver Anniversary in
July.PMS has worked in the PropertyMan- agementSectorsince 1987when theCompany wasoriginally pioneered by Terry Sutton, former Mayor of Colchester. Since that timethe business has gone from strength to strength. ThePMSportfolionow extends
tomore than180individualmixed tenure (freeholdandleasehold) residentialdevelopments including retirementandcommercial property throughout EastAnglia andthe southandsouth-east of Englandandtotalling in excess of 7000 individual
clients.The companyalsoworkswith localand nationalhousebuilders to provide apropertymanagementservice at pre-constructionstage. PMSisamembers of the
AssociationofResidential Managing Agents (ARMA) and arebonded to the‘Ombudsman Service: Property’Scheme’, ensuring thatPMSclients can expectatop-level
service.PMSare also trainingtheir staff to Affiliate levelofthe InstituteofResidential PropertyManagement (IRPM).
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BillDrake-Lee,with (rear, left
to right) CpBigwooddirectorsBrett williams, rory Daly andnigel Curry
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dRAkE-lEEtOSPEARhEAd CPbigWOOdMOvEiNtOlONdON
Birmingham-basedCPBigwood is set to break into the London market. Former Leicester,Mose- ley and Barbarians rugby player Bill Drake-Lee joined CPBigwood in July tomastermind themove. In hisroleaspartner Bill takeson abusinessdevelopmentrole, but hisparticularremit is to builda presence in the capital. With ex- tensive contactsamong property developers, he will be pitching for CPBigwood tomanage newly completedapartment blocks and mixed use developments. Hesaid: “Londonhaswithstood
therecessionbetter thananywhere else in the countrydue to high demandforprimeresidential propertyandlackofsupplytothis demand,whichdevelopersare keento take advantage of. “The demand is being driven
by overseas buyerswho view the London residentialmarketasa safe investment providinggood returns. “Initiallywewill open an office
managing apartmentblocksand mixed use developments, with the lettings side to followin time.” Bill lives in Kettering, just
50 minutesonthe train from St Pancras,wherethe office is likely to be based, but also sufficiently close to travel easily when required to CPBigwood’s headquartersinBirmingham. Aged 41, Bill joins CPBigwood
fromTrinityEstateswhere he was working in a similar role andwas previously with LangleyTaylorinLondon ,which amongother thingsmanaged theEtonCollege estateinSwiss Cottage, and Solitaire Property Management in Leicester , now part of Peverel.
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