Jay,
You may not like my reply.
You are in the unique position of having the fewest rights and protections. Basically, your home is freehold, but the surrounding areas are effectively leasehold.
I stand to be corrected, but i think your best option is to purchase the freehold of the surrounding areas and appoint yourself as managing agent.
You should take steps to find out who the freeholder is?

There is a German saying which translates:
MALICIOUS PLEASURE IS THE PUREST PLEASURE
I am looking forward to 2014

Schadenfreude?

Something that the too many Peverel Property / Regional / Area Managers and former directors have demonstrated for far too long.

Beware that they do not bring you down with them.

Well as others have commented on here, getting rid of Pev is not the end of it until legislation is changed. This site may follow on to be McStone Action..... To all those out there - you know who you are - If you can - buy the freehold or at least get RTM now

I would hope that those who have become involved with Peverel Action, Carlex and LKP will continue to help those in society who benefit from people like me who find bullies are cowards. I will try to provide help and assistance as and when I will be able too.

I agree with Michaels prophecy and feel that we as commenters should set aside time for the residents of our own development and to help those of other developments as we are doing now. My new friend found on Carlex is clever and is helping to spread the word.

ME

You ask which direction Peverel Action needs to go post Peverel.

I support all those contributors that want leasehold tenure abolished and we should join forces with CARL to get the job done. As long as this medieval system is allowed to continue so will the financial abuse.

How about post Peverel renaming the website ACTION FOR LEASEHOLD REFORM?

And those that use the site be offered practical assistance going RTM from those with a professional knowledge of the industry such as Chas and others; I know there's already plenty of information available on the subject.

The Prophet Michael and the Promised Land :-)

Well, at some point he's going to be right about this. But don't worry, there'll be plenty of others to focus upon.

There's a new kid on the block around here focused on taking business off Peverel, Mainstay and local agents. I'm sure they mean well, but it worries me they may be getting too big, too fast. Another embryonic Peverel in the making? Peverel were small once. I hope not.

I suspect Peverel will either continue to downsize and match their income and resources, or will be subject to another take-over and morph into something else. As I said earlier in the year, this company seems to have nine lives!! I'm amazed it still exists after all the scandal, bad publicity and financial pressures. But it does. Don't plan the celebration party quite yet folks.

The one thing that I cannot square with the predicted demise of Peverel is the appearance of the middle management jobs on its Working for Us website. The Company is clearly going through a major re-structuring with a future in mind?

I think there may be a need for a 'Peverel Action' some time into the future

Sentinel,

You have summed up the position well.

Mainstay I know have a sister freeholding company or two and I know of several quite large blocks that have replaced them with ANother Manager. As to 'local' Managers/ Managing Agents - its been a major 'acquistion fest' of late for some acquired on the back of the discontent of many leaseholders with the Peverel Group Companies'/linked freeholders' rapacious ways. Beware.....'plus ca change plus c'est la meme chose' / 'new Presbyter is but old Priest writ large'...however you express it... for Right to Manage to truly benefit leaseholders they must inform themselves of all aspects of the law and hold the whiphand.

Peverel Action has always been completely independent and narrow in its aims; and should be applauded for that. There has never been any question about commercial or political motives.

Peverel Action stories have been remarkably well researched and informed by contributors. Some of them have turned out to be right! PA has been maintained entirely by volunteers and dogged regulars.

[Dear Admin please feel free to edit these observations ...

Carlex sought subscriptions and donations pretending to be a charity in order to fund its former Chairwoman who felt entitled to earn a living and develop a political career from the campaign. The current editor now earns a living by taking fees from -- er -- managing agents.

The FPRA chairman was a judge who voted for Peverel in the 2011 pseudo-award for excellent customer service in property management, while AllAgents had them down as the worst in the country by miles. ]

In my view the job will not be finished until everyone is compensated and the people responsible are brought to justice.

FROM THE EDITOR PEVEREL ACTION
Your comments will not be edited. The whole point of this site is about true freedom of expression. Peverel Action is happy to publish controversial views. The only time we intervene is if there could be legal consequences arising from a post.
For example you could say in my opinion a particular property manager is hopeless. But if you went further and said something on the lines of "your property manager supported Arsenal", that would have to be edited!

Michael I have considered setting up a Residents Association but fear this would prevent anything being undertaken as the views of the existing leasehold tenants do little to allow an understanding of what has been going on.
Whilst accepting this, the nitty gritty of finding out the ways we have been let down by Peverel Retirement Division is not SEXY AND TIME CONSUMMING but has to be undertaken to see the level of failure committed, by those who we pay over a £1,000.00 a month to do what could be done for half the amount.
A small local Managing Agent who is not VAT registered would save 20% from day one.

Michael, this is quite a "positive" recommendation from you (FRPA). I'm always suspicious about organisations that are apparently set-up to help the public, but are in fact commercial ventures (even if not-for-profit). LEASE did have help on RAs their site, but I can't immediately find it. It would be good to hear from others that have used FRPA and whether they found it good value for money. It's actually quite easy to set up a RA and even get people signed-up. The bigger problem is getting money out of them on an annual basis. A once-off joining fee if small (say £5-10) is normally not an issue. Though I hesitate to mention it, you can actually get a 'model' constitution from Peverel, and with a little customisation it is in fact quite a sensible document (I know...surprise, surprise).

Sentinel,
As far as i know, there is a one off joining fee of £50 plus annual fees of £77.50 up to 25 flats, £97.50 up to 50 flats and £160.00 up to 100 flats.
So you are looking at around £2-£3 per flat.
In return you gain access to years of experience and knowledge. I think it has to be worth it.

I am the secretary of our residents association and we collect £3 at our residents association AGM for each flat as a membership fee. Over three quarters are members .I produce a Newsletter each quarter and am not afraid to include criticism of Peverel when necessary i.e. the insurance commission scandal, this is delivered to all members and is very much appreciated by some of our more elderly residents because it keeps them up to date with what is happening. Much is made of the fact that the officers can be handpicked by Peverel! Well our constitution provides for officer and committee member elections each year so unpopular members could be unseated! We have a committee meeting about every six weeks and the house manager attends for the first part to discuss any issues on site or matters of expenditure. This initiative means that we keep a close eye on the annual budgets and when necessary prevent our service charge being used for unnecessary purposes. Peverel provide each quarter a statement of the budget figures for the Committee to peruse. We nominate our own contractors and have in this way saved ourselves money. Each quote received for any work or service is scrutinised. Ok we cannot influence all matters, but having a well informed and proactive association has proved to be beneficial. Some years ago our service charge was double the budget figure. We insist that the budgets are adhered to as agreed. We make sure that our sinking funds are used for its intended purpose. We have received service charge refunds for the last two years.I`m no fan of Peverel but things have improved !!

Almost exactly the same way as we work. Yes, it's with Peverel, and I wish it was somebody else, but right now that's our reality. But we will continue with our RA structure and vigilance no matter who the manager is in the future.

Jan,
I am pleased to hear of your experiences. May i ask if Peverel have been appointed on behalf of the freeholder or were appointed by the residents?