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FLATIE’S MANIFESTO 2010
Economy
- give away 1.4M FREE BlockCare 100 memberships *worth £70.50
- give away 500 FREE BlockCare 200 memberships *worth £205.63
- to refund the VAT for all BlockCare 200 memberships *worth up to £153.12
Health
- Protocols to deal with nuisance or noisy neighbours
- Protocols to reduce the stress that professional non-payers cause
- Fun surveys for flat owners to health check the management of their block
Education: Specific education policies include:
- Means for every flat owner in England & Wales to understand their lease
- All small blocks of flats to know they don’t need a managing agent
Tax: Specific tax policies include:
- Corporation tax exemptions for all Resident Management Companies
- FREE Client bank accounts for all small blocks
- No more bank charges for small blocks of flats
- Bank interest received net, not gross avoiding the need to complete self-assessment tax returns
Europe: Specific Europe policies include:
- To deliver a better system for Flat owners than anywhere else in Europe
Defence: Specific defence policies include:
- Protecting small blocks from invalid service charge demands
- Protecting small blocks from invalid service charge year end accounts
- Advising flat owners of the 15 pitfalls that could make their service charge uncollectable
Environment: Specific environment policies include:
- Encouraging flat owners to go green when it comes to major works…
- Green roofs
- Resin repairs to timber windows
- Increasing energy efficiency
- Advising blocks of flats who has loft and cavity wall insulation grants available
Foreign: Specific foreign policies include:
- Requiring non-domiciled flat owners/holding companies to lodge a service charge deposit
- To get demands to overseas owners by email, with a copy to the flat in England
Transport: Specific transport policies include:
- To deliver property administration enabling flat owners to manage thereby reducing emissions from site inspections and passing this saving onto leaseholders
Business: Specific business policies include:
- Refunding the VAT on all new BlockCare memberships
- Simplifying the year end procedures for small blocks by helping resident and freehold management companies becoming “dormant” to reduce their filing responsibilities to either “Dormant Company Accounts” or “Abbreviated Company Accounts”
- Setting up all BlockCare 300 members with Companies House direct to enable web filing
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