Property Management: Volume 11 Issue 3

Tenant default: is the worst yet to come?

A.J. Westbrook

Considers from the landlord′s surveyors perspective the problem ofdealing with tenants who are in default. Analyses the various remediesavailable to the landlord, including…

The need for listed building consent

R. Pickard

Considers section 7 of the Planning (Listed Buildings andConservation Areas) Act 1990 concerning demolition of and alterations tolisted buildings. Examines the legal meanings of…

The Housing and Urban Development Bill: implications for residential property management

C. Kane

Considers the implications for property managers of the new Housingand Urban Development Bill. Examines the new law relating to theapproval of codes of practice, and the proposals…

Latest developments in latent defects insurance

R. Keeling

Considers the effects of latent building defects and thecontractual rights that exist when a defect is found, depending on theage of the building. Examines the various insurance…

Conserving modern buildings: consent or constraint?

A. Walker, Y. Lee

Examines the challenges of conserving modern buildings: size,diversity, forms of ownership, new and cheap materials, changingtechnology, and rapidly dating fashions. Discusses…

In response to the terrorist threat: the security plan

P. Holtorp

Outlines the types of devices used by terrorists. Discusses how theterrorist threat can be assessed, how a building can be physicallyprotected and how the property manager should…

Maintenance management of ageing buildings in Hong Kong

D.C.W. Ho

Identifies and discusses the problems involved in maintaining HongKong′s older buildings: deficiencies in existing legislation,organizational difficulties, lack of public…

Leasehold enfranchisement: part 1 of the Housing and Urban Development Bill 1993

G. Waterson

Discusses the broad aims of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and UrbanDevelopment Bill 1993: collective enfranchisement, relevant premises,qualifying tenants, long lease, and leases…