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Canonbury Management
Blackwell House
Guildhall Yard
London
EC2V 5AE
Sales: +44 (0)845 460 7060
Sales: +44 (0)207 1188 400
Existing: +44 (0)845 460 7050
Existing: +44 (0)207 1188 500
Fax: +44 (0)871 750 2688
mail@canonburymanagement.co.uk
Canonbury Management is a division of Investment Technology Limited
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Why use Canonbury to manage your block?
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Here are 40 reasons why Canonbury is the best choice for management of your block
of flats.
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1. Excellent communication
– in 99% cases, we respond to email and telephone enquires within 1 hour.
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2. 24 hours emergency numbers
- we have customisable out-of-hours numbers for emergency issues not covered by insurance.
- 3. Long Opening Hours
7 days per week from 8:30am to 8:30pm for email and telephone
- 4. Conference Calling Facilities
– where we need to speak to groups – call 0844 5800058 or 0044844 5800058.
- 5. Online Services
– we are the only company to provide a secure client area with fully itemised property expenditure at invoice level, accounts, property details, leases, property
insurance documents and every document we have about your building.
- 6. Canonbury 100% Transparency
– we are the only company to show scanned copies of all invoices for your block, online.
- 7. Canonbury Problem Tracking
– we record all issues in an online log so you can track problems. This is another industry first.
- 8. Section 20 Consultation for larger works
– we comply with all section 20 notice requirements for works over £250 per lessee and we have fixed hourly-rate
charges for arranging tendering – no percentage fees meaning much lower fees in
most cases.
- 9. Industry Standards
– we exceed the standards of RICS Residential Code by a long way – just look at our services list
and compare with the RICS Residential Management Code shown on our website and you will see how much higher our own standards are.
- 10. Client Accounts and Sinking Funds
– we open and maintain a client account for your building as part of our service. Most companies have one account for all buildings. We are the only company to show your client balance and transactions online.
- 11. Professional Indemnity and Fidelity Insurance
– up to £2m per claim.This covers negligence and your client funds.
- 12. Ease of Payment
– we are able to accept card payments, BACS, CHAPS and SWIFT transfers, standing orders and direct debits.
- 13. Value for money and fairness of charges
– no percentage fees, we simply charge an arrangement fee for the time taken to organise works and our annual management
fees which cover most regular management costs.
- 14. Insurance
– our brokers go out to multiple underwriters to ensure the best rate for your block.
- 15. Vetted Contractor Selection
– we always vet contractors thoroughly to ensure that our clients receive top quality service. Unlike many management companies, we take no commissions from our contractors. All contractors are regularly reviewed.
- 16. Impartiality
– Canonbury Management do not undertake any services for
you other than property management and right to manage services. This way you can be assured of complete impartiality in all our
business processes.
- 17. Paperless
– we are 100% paper free. Apart from the environmental benefits, our disaster recovery is greatly improved as a result.
- 18. Arrears Collection
– we show all flats arrears position online (identity of the flat and owner is withheld) so you can see what
the block’s exposure to financial risk is.
We then pursue automated legal recovery of funds from non-payers.
- 19. Covenant Enforcement
– we maintain an electronic log of all breaches of the covenant.
- 20. Legislation Review
– real-time review of all legislation affecting our company and our clients.
- 21. FSA Authorised and Regulated
– to ensure the safety of your client funds we are regulated and authorised by the FSA. Don’t make the mistake of using a company who is not. All your funds are held in statutory client accounts for your protection.
- 22. BS 7799/ISO 27001
– Standard on Information Security Management to ensure your data is held securely.
- 23. Registered with the Data Protection Registrar
– so you can be sure that we look after your data and keep it safe
- 24. Dynamic Real-time RICS compliant accounts
– produced at the click of a button and included in our annual management fees.
- 25. Certified or audited accounts
– dynamically produced and emailed to you with a 48 hour delay at competitive prices.
- 26. Member of the Woodland Trust
– paper free and makes extensive use of labour and energy saving technologies.
- 27. Data Security
– our systems are built to the highest standards of security and data is backed up in 3 locations around the world.
- 28. Canonbury Inspections
– we use a dedicated inspection company to reveal every problem with your building which are then added to the property problem log which is visible online in the secure area.
- 29. Contractor Invoice Checking
– contractors can only add invoices against your property if they have been authorised to do so by our issuing them with a works instruction.This prevents fraud by contractors submitting bogus invoices.
- 30. Real time Review of all Contractors
– all contractors are scored and works are assigned to our highest scoring contractors
- 31. Canonbury Upgrade
– we look to improve your block over time by fitting more reliable equipment to reduce bills.
- 32. Crystal Mark
– Our website and contracts are written in plain English to ease your understanding of them.
- 33. Canonbury Building Specification Database
– we have a large database of specifications for most routine works for all manner of buildings, thereby reducing our reliance on expensive surveyors for all but the more complex jobs.
- 34. Canonbury Lessee Contract
– our systems provide that a service contract is set up with lessees to allow easy recovery in the event that bills are not paid, rather than having to go to the LVT before recovering in the county courts.
- 35. Canonbury Banking Automation
– collection of monies from lessees with direct debit and payment of contractors using
direct credit so your liabilities are minimised and bills are paid promptly, allowing
better terms with contractors.
- 36. Canonbury Component Database
– so that we can recommend
reliable equipment for your block to reduce your costs.
- 37. Canonbury Legal Database
– so we keep on track of all
developments in the laws governing maintenance of your block.
- 38. Online Contract Signing
– our systems allow directors
of the freeholder company, right to manage company or body responsible for signing
contracts to sign online, which is easier and more secure because it captures their
IP address and identity.
- 39. Online Sales Pack
– we produce online sales packs
for your solicitors so when you sell, there is no delay from us.
- 40. Tax Certificates
– we produce tax certificates
for those who need them to confirm their expenditure on a property for the tax year.
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