Block Management
By taking care of your building as if it were our own, we guarantee to keep things looking spick and span. It’s about creating happy homes.
The reliable name in
Block & Property Management
Is your block or estate in need of a change?
Lettings & Property Management
We’ll take the hassle out of letting your property by managing the process from start to finish. It’s not just the block we care about, but the individual properties too.
Block Management and Lettings across the South East of England
Hammond Properties is a well-established property Letting and Block Management agent across the South East.
We are local professionals with a combined experience of over 50 years enabling us to provide our clients with a wealth of knowledge on all aspects of block and property management services to the South East.
We take pride in what we do and combine market expertise with unrivalled local knowledge to deliver a range of services, from property & block management to property transformations for landlords, plus much more.
We continually strive to go above and beyond for all our clients and have built a reputation for excellent customer service. We are proud to say that many of our first clients are still with us today.
What can you expect?
A friendly team
We recognise the importance of building relationships and improving the overall customer experience.
Timely Response
Our teams are well organised. We do our best to get your issues sorted as swiftly as possible.
Tailored Approach
We understand every block or estate is different. We will provide a tailored service for you.
Learning Development
Continuous professional learning development is key to our success, to ensure you have the very best staff member delivering for you.
Ready to take the next step?
With a combined experience of over 30 years, you can trust Hammond Properties to look after your property like it’s our own.
FAQs
Still got questions? Here are some answers to the questions we get asked the most.
A service charge is made to cover the development ongoing costs and services provided by your freeholder or residents management company to maintain the communal areas of your block or estate. These will include but not limited to gardening, cleaning, insurance, minor repairs, employee costs, lift expenses, communal utility supplies, accountancy fees, management and other professional fees, reserve fund and major works.
Details of what can and cannot be charged by the Lessor will all be set out within your lease. This will include the proportion of the charge to be paid by the Leaseholder.
Most Leases stipulate the collection of service charges in advance, including collecting any shortfall at the end of the year. Some Blocks have arrangements that whilst the lease provides for an interim demand to be payable when sent they are happy to accept payments by instalments, typically monthly direct debits.
Each resident management company we are appointed by will have a specific client bank account for service charge funds to be paid into.
Your service charge is calculated from a prepared budget, which will contain details of re-occurring items and any reasonably foreseen costs. All service charge demands are in accordance with your lease.
Each year a service charge budget will be issued out forecasting the coming year’s expenditure and how money is dispersed. All block directors will have up to date information on expenditure and will see original invoices for any works. By appointment, all lessee’s are welcome to visit our offices to view Invoices etc.
Some Leases allow for additional funds to be collected to cover for future large planned works such as door entry or roof replacement. A Life Cycle Costing exercise will be undertaken when considering an appropriate amount to be paid by the Leaseholder.
The obligation to pay ground rent is written in your lease. Since the lease is effectively a contract between ‘Landlord’ and ‘Tenant’, ground is essentially a rent that is paid to your landlord.
