Property of the Month: Leeward House, Plymouth
Our featured property this month is Leeward House, a contemporary waterfront apartment development in Plymouth and one of the Right to Manage buildings we work with.
Proposals are for developments of 50 or more units. Smaller building? Talk to our team.
Last updated .
A Modern Waterfront Development
Leeward House is a contemporary apartment development on the waterfront at Mount Wise in Devonport, Plymouth, next to Admiralty Row East, and one of the Right to Manage buildings we work with.
Right to Manage (RTM) gives leaseholders the statutory right to take over the management of their building through an RTM company, putting decisions about how their home is run into the hands of the people who live there. Leeward House is a great example of that in practice: a well-run block where residents have taken control, supported by professional block management. Our right to manage service sets out who qualifies and how a claim runs, and our page on changing your managing agent covers the kind of handover the Leeward House directors describe in their reference.
“Their planning and professionalism ensured a seamless changeover from our previous managing agent, with no disruption to residents.” Chris, Director, Leeward House RTM
A Closer Look
What We Look for in a Feature
A feature works best when there is something to point at: a re-roofing or re-render completed, a communal area brought back into use, a fire safety programme finished, grounds or parking reorganised, or a plant replacement that changes what the building costs to run.
Where a development has been through a major works programme we set out what was done and how it was consulted on, because section 20 consultation is the part leaseholders most often want to understand and the part most often handled badly elsewhere.
Reading a Building from the Outside
Most of what determines whether a block is well run is not visible from the street. The condition of the roof covering and the rainwater goods, whether the fire doors have been inspected and recorded, whether the reserve fund matches the age of the plant, and whether last year's accounts were issued at all, matter far more than how the entrance looks.
That is the point of showing real buildings rather than photographs of glass towers: the stock we manage runs from a Grade I listed country house and converted institutional buildings to seaside blocks and modern developments, and each of those fails in a different way and on a different timescale.
Why We Publish This
Block management is largely invisible when it is done properly, which makes it difficult to judge from the outside. Featuring a building each month is a way of showing the actual work: what the development is, what condition it was in, and what has changed since.
The buildings shown are ones we manage. Nothing here is a stock photograph or a computer-generated visual.
If You Would Like Your Development Featured
We are happy to feature a building at the request of its resident management company, RTM company or freeholder. It needs the client's agreement, because the photographs and the detail are theirs, not ours. Speak to your property manager, or get in touch and we will arrange it.
Could Your Building Be Next Month’s Feature?
Whether you’re an RTM company, a Resident Management Company or a freeholder, we’d love to hear about your development.