HISTORY AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Owners 2005 - Freehold Estates

• Established a relationship with the Managing Agent and expressed the importance of working together for the benefit of the Landlord, the estate and its residents.
• Met with managing agent and agreed to co-operate and help set up a residents database to correctly identify residents in ownership.
• Organised the setting up of an inspection and repair program by Dyna Rod to all resident drains on the Peel Common Estate.
• Put in place a replacement program to change all street lighting to currentwide nationwide LED lighting.
• Put in place a yearly program for maintenance and repair of the estates pavements.
• In co-operation with the contract gardener introduced a Tree Management company to advise and keep a history of the major trees on Peel Common.    
• Agreed to assist with distribution of information including billing and resident information notices.
• Met with managing agent and discussed the yearly Service Charge account and the costs involved.

• Contested the appointment of an unknown managing agent that did not hold any professional qualification such as membership of the RICS.
• Provided support, advice and help to residents when the estate was subjected to total mismanagement.
• Following legal advice, attended an LVT Tribunal to establish the depth of suspected misappropriations of the Service Charge Fund. 
• On Landlords change to a reputable Managing Agent the PCRA quickly established a relationship with its managing director and staff to aid important administration and management tasks.

• Help establish the services of a local respected contract gardener
• Agreed on a realistic budget to cover the year’s maintenance expenses.
• Endorsed independent Service Charge audit with PCRA final approval.
• Helped establish ongoing pavement repair programme.

Owners 2011 – Honor Management

• Met with the new beneficial owner in an attempt to establish good relations.
• Funded a legal opinion to determine the repayment of outstanding misappropriated monies from the Service Charge Account  Visit the Members Library to view this legal opinion.
• Attend all visits to the estate by the managing agent and provided comment and advise where required.

PCRA Ongoing Events and Activities

• Accounts - Reviewing the yearly audited service charge accounts prior to distribution to all residents. Visit the Members Library to view the past years Service Charge accounts 
• Paving repairs – the budget for the service charge includes a regular sum of money to be spent each year in the repair and upkeep of the 15 mile of pavements. The PCRA assist the managing agent and gardener to identify the areas in most need of repair.
• Lighting – a member of the committee is directly involved with the managing agent to maintain the 96 street lights. The ongoing replacement to LED lighting is currently 95% complete.
• Gardening Issues - due to the arms length problem of running the estate the PCRA represent the managing agent with gardening concerns and on behalf of the residents liaise directly with the gardener.
• The PCRA represents and keeps the managing agent informed when utility contractors carry out work on the estate. A recent meeting with Portsmouth Water involved the PCRA and resulted in an agreement for the PCRA to support the gardener in maintaining the integrity of the estate during the 31 week mains renewal scheme.