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Written By:
Rhys Townsend
2nd Dec, '19

Whether you are an employer looking for a new block manager or you are a block manager looking for a new employer, you have a potentially important decision to make. You’ll ask yourself: Do I put my eggs in one carefully chosen basket or do I spread my risk? In other words, do I instruct […]

Written By:
Andy Welham
4th Nov, '19

The team here at BBL are always keen to keep a healthy work-life balance and as a result, have set up a regular shooting club. Once a month we head down to one of the many clay shootings grounds on the outskirts of East London and Essex for a half-day of friendly competition. This month’s […]

Written By:
Rhys Townsend
5th Oct, '19

These days, I am not convinced that residential property managers know what they want from an employer. Larger, smaller, traditional, ambitious, new builds, period blocks, office-based, site-based, home working… There is a vast array of managing agents out there yet property managers don’t necessarily do their due diligence, so they don’t always make the right […]

Written By:
Rhys Townsend
4th May, '19
Even the most industrious block managers with their heads down will have heard of build-to-rent by now, perhaps by its abbreviation BTR, the trendier B2R or even the American term ‘multi-family’. …
Written By:
Rhys Townsend
2nd Feb, '19

I decided to write a blog about PropTech and its implications for property managers and their employers. So to get a sense of what property management was like before the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985, I asked some PMs with grey (or no) hair for their recollections. Some of it was unprintable but here are […]

Written By:
Rhys Townsend
20th Nov, '18
The managing agent industry has, of late, been complaining of a shortage of competent and committed block property managers. At the same time, employers want property managers who can hit the ground running and that means they need to come with block management experience. …
Written By:
Rhys Townsend
30th Oct, '18
There are some terrific block management companies across the country, all striving to serve a wide range of clients whilst keeping an unlimited number of balls in the air. …
Written By:
Rhys Townsend
11th Oct, '18
The block management industry has at no time been more demanding yet it is rising to the challenge and showing levels of professionalism never seen before. …

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