Heritage Case study: Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth The spectacular Grade II listed Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth was built in 1809 and converted to a mixed-use residential estate in 1993. Consisting of 22 leasehold flats and 37 freehold houses, including some substantial five-bedroom homes, the properties sit within 15 acres of beautiful lawns and grounds. The estate compromises of four independent blocks around a lawned courtyard with impressive colonnades facing the Great Court. A complex charging schedule Block Management UK was brought in to manage the blocks nine years ago. The Royal Naval Hospital has five charging schedules, requiring a mix of estate and block management, and has multiple insurance coverage including public liability and buildings insurance. BMUK was invited to take on the management of the estate and blocks after the prior management company found it difficult to track activity within the separate charge accounts. This was of particular concern for the Residential Management Company (RMC) directors as they had no way of knowing the deficit or surplus on any separate account. This made it very difficult to budget to allocate funds for works, leading to a lack of confidence in the financial viability of the RMC. Reliable reporting Weeks before the official handover, Block Management agreed to resolve this issue as quickly as possible. Block Management swiftly managed the schedule and presented the directors a full report across all accounts. The directors were delighted, and we have maintained this level of accuracy in our reports ever since. Our work equips RMC directors with all the information they need, easily accessible, so they can plan ahead and budget accurately. Block Management UK continues to develop our specialist property management software, offering the highest level of detail and accuracy to clients. A successful partnership Chris Stanley, Director at the Royal Naval Hospital, said: "Block Management UK is a company you can trust to carry out your wishes. "When Block Management took over from our previous managing agents they quickly found out that our board of directors had some different ways of doing things and had no wish for this to change, and so it was a learning curve for both parties." � "Gradually over the first year both parties got to know each other and so worked out how best to use the skills of both Block Management UK and our directors for the future." "That was nine�years ago and the partnership has gone from strength to strength." � "Block Management UK have a strong team of very knowledgeable personnel in all departments, the relationship between directors of both parties has always been excellent with the Block Management UK Ltd directors always able to come up with answers to at times some very difficult questions." � "Anybody involved with the running of an apartment block knows that sometimes a tricky situation will occur which needs to be dealt with in a professional manner, you can be assured that Block Management UK will see that this is done to your total satisfaction." For more information on the Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth, see here.

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Case study: Royal Naval Hospital, Great Yarmouth

The spectacular Grade II listed Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth was built in 1809 and converted to a mixed-use residential estate in 1993.

Consisting of 22 leasehold flats and 37 freehold houses, including some substantial five-bedroom homes, the properties sit within 15 acres of beautiful lawns and grounds.

The estate compromises of four independent blocks around a lawned courtyard with impressive colonnades facing the Great Court.

A complex charging schedule

Block Management UK was brought in to manage the blocks nine years ago.

The Royal Naval Hospital has five charging schedules, requiring a mix of estate and block management, and has multiple insurance coverage including public liability and buildings insurance.

BMUK was invited to take on the management of the estate and blocks after the prior management company found it difficult to track activity within the separate charge accounts.

This was of particular concern for the Residential Management Company (RMC) directors as they had no way of knowing the deficit or surplus on any separate account.

This made it very difficult to budget to allocate funds for works, leading to a lack of confidence in the financial viability of the RMC.

Reliable reporting

Weeks before the official handover, Block Management agreed to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.

Block Management swiftly managed the schedule and presented the directors a full report across all accounts.

The directors were delighted, and we have maintained this level of accuracy in our reports ever since.

Our work equips RMC directors with all the information they need, easily accessible, so they can plan ahead and budget accurately.

Block Management UK continues to develop our specialist property management software, offering the highest level of detail and accuracy to clients.

A successful partnership

Chris Stanley, Director at the Royal Naval Hospital, said: "Block Management UK is a company you can trust to carry out your wishes.

"When Block Management took over from our previous managing agents they quickly found out that our board of directors had some different ways of doing things and had no wish for this to change, and so it was a learning curve for both parties."

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"Gradually over the first year both parties got to know each other and so worked out how best to use the skills of both Block Management UK and our directors for the future."

"That was nine�years ago and the partnership has gone from strength to strength."

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"Block Management UK have a strong team of very knowledgeable personnel in all departments, the relationship between directors of both parties has always been excellent with the Block Management UK Ltd directors always able to come up with answers to at times some very difficult questions."

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"Anybody involved with the running of an apartment block knows that sometimes a tricky situation will occur which needs to be dealt with in a professional manner, you can be assured that Block Management UK will see that this is done to your total satisfaction."

For more information on the Royal Naval Hospital in Great Yarmouth, see here.

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