About us

We are a group of leaseholders who have come together the address the management of Wharfside in Wigan. Like me, you have probably noticed a significant rise in service charge over the last couple of years and if you have visited the block recently, you will have also noticed a marked deterioration in the state of the building and the communal areas.

Routine maintenance is not being carried out. The communal areas are grubby. Faults and water leaks that I and other leaseholders reported years ago remain unfixed along with a host of other issues. This neglect of carrying out routine maintenance work and fixing identified issues is now affecting the fabric of the building which will end up costing significantly more.

As many of you know we tried to go down the Right to Manage (RTM) process in August 2022. We successfully got the numbers to go ahead but had to stop this process at the last minute as we were unable to obtain any buildings insurance

We now believe that we can get insurance. The block now has its own standalone buildings insurance policy rather than being covered by the managing agent’s portfolio wide policy. We believe that this standalone policy can be novated over to a new RTM

Since August last year we have seen service charge rise to over £300 per month, the building deteriorate and now we have been slapped with a bill over £250,000 to replace 2 lifts that yes do break down occasionally but seem to have years of life left in them.

Therefore, we are starting the Right to Manage process again. Please if you have not done so, download the attached form, complete it and either email it back to wharfsidewigan@gmail.com or upload below

Get in touch

If you are a leaseholder and are not part of the large group of leaseholders who are working together, we encourage you to do things

  1. Search Facebook for Wharfside Wigan Leaseholder Group or click here. When you apply to join please state which apartment you own as your application will be cross checked against our leaseholder schedule to ensure that this is a private group solely for leaseholders that only can be seen by leaseholders.
  2. Email your details including name, address, email, and apartment number to wharfsidewigan@gmail.com and we will add you to the distribution list

Why Right to Manage?

RTM is where leaseholders form a RTM company and take over the management of the block from the freeholder. In practice this means we get to hire and fire the managing agents and decide what works are done in the block. We appoint a number of Directors from the leaseholders who work on behalf of the block and chart the direction we want to take.

This is in stark contrast to the current set up where the current managing agents can just ignore leaseholder concerns as they are employed and contracted by the freeholder.

Financial Control
Protect Investment
Maintain
Quality
For Owners
and Landlords
Safe Pair of
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Leaseholder Registration

* Please note this should only be completed by owners/landlords and not tenants

* By sending your details, you agree to allow the Wharfside Right to Manage Group to contact you about the Right to Manage process. The information will be stored in a secure, password protected spreadsheet and not shared with third parties other than the managing agent that the group will appoint to manage the right to manage process.

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