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25/02/2020 Newsletters. They are a great way to keep leaseholders up to speed on projects that require regular updates without thousands of emails from different people asking the same questions. I manage a 10 story tower block in Brentwood (previously mentioned in my blog) and have an ongoing project with the asbestos panels. Very long story short, there are no fire breaks between the panels and so we need to have the panels removed to install the fire breaks but there are 200+ panels, so the job is very expensive. At our last AGM the leaseholders were not happy that they were not kept up to speed with the works and so it was agreed to send a monthly newsletter to keep everyone's minds at rest but also let them know where we are with the project. I try and keep them informative but a little fun. 

28/01/2020 Before and after for internal redecoration works for the internals of a block I manage in Croydon. This project was a challenge in two parts, the first was the client, they wanted to do this themselves which took nearly 9 months just to get booked in (I would have had the works done within 3 months from start to finish) The second was the distance, this site is 60 miles from my office and so just popping round to check on the progress and snag the works where a struggle. In the end I attended just the once and asked for regular updates from the contractor. This was a section 20 project so before any invoices were settled, I got the approval from the client (who lives on site). Its always great to see the end result. 

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