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Announcements – Updated 4th March 2021

Property managers – Ms Yasmin Spence has left our managing agent Rendall and Rittner so, for the time being, please contact Ms Angela Petts.

Parking permits – Current lilac parking permits dated 28 February 2021 will remain valid until further notice. New permits will be printed when possible.

Roof repairs – An urgent roof repair that requires high level access is needed for flat block 73-87 St Benedicts Close, so tenders and the Section 20 consultation required by law are being carried out. Less urgent investigations of dampness at roof level for 13-27 and 29-43 St Benedicts Close will be carried out later when access is available for external redecoration.

Keep safe – Please stay at home, avoid social contact, keep 2 metres apart if possible, 1 metre apart with other precautions (like masks) if not and work from home if possible. You must use face coverings on public transport and in other enclosed spaces like shops and are advised to take and use hand sanitiser. Wash your hands thoroughly for 20 seconds as soon as you get home. Inessential travel and meeting other households is not currently allowed, either indoors or outdoors. You must self isolate, get tested and not go out for 10 days if you have symptoms, if anyone in your household or 'bubble' has symptoms or NHS contact tracing instructs you to. Tradespeople should only enter flat blocks if essential. More information can be found on the emergency page, which will be updated from 29th March.

Maintenance – The current maintenance page updated on 2nd March 2021 shows work completed, ordered and planned. The major work page updated on 4th January 2021 has information on periodic repair and redecoration and flat block repairs that has finished, while other work has had to be deferred until later in 2021.

Introduction

The St Benedicts Estate comprises 189 flats and houses built in the mid 1980s and the surrounding grounds between Church Lane and Rectory Lane in Tooting, London SW17. The Estate includes all properties in Abbey Drive, Carlisle Way and St Benedicts Close as well as a few properties in Church Lane and Rectory Lane.

The houses and a housing association block of flats are owned freehold, while the private flats are owned leasehold. The freehold of the private flats and of the grounds is owned by St Benedicts (Tooting) Management Company Limited (referred to as the Management Company), which is a non-profit-making limited company mutually owned by the Estate property owners (and nobody else). Being mutually owned, the Management Company also acts as the residents' association within its remit.

Managing Agent & Contact

The Managing Agent currently appointed by the Management Company after a competitive tender is Rendall and Rittner Limited, which provides the registered office of the Management Company. Rendall and Rittner is the main point of contact for all matters regarding St Benedicts. Faults on the Estate can be reported either using St Benedicts Online or to the Managing Agent.

Please ensure that the Managing Agent has up-to-date contact details for each owner, including those in the daytime, for use in an emergency. Remember to advise them of any change. You may do this either using St Benedicts Online or by completing this contact form (PDF) and returning it by post or by sending the same details in an email to the Managing Agent.

Location & Photographs

Links to the location of the Estate and photographs of the Estate.

Website, RSS Feeds, Twitter Page, Documents & Cookies

This website is provided by one of the current Directors of the Management Company within their personal web space because property owners opted to keep the website following a trial but not to pay for hosting. It has a dedicated web address: www.stbentooting.co.uk. Smartphones with a suitable application can scan the adjacent Quick Response (QR) code to access the website. Firefox, Opera, Chrome (from 28), Internet Explorer (from 7) and Edge browsers are recommended to view this website. To be widely accessible, it is tested with the current versions of main browsers and is written in standards-compliant HTML 4.01 using CSS 3 and JavaScript 1.5 requiring minimal modern features. Because they do not implement even old web standards properly, Safari and older versions of Internet Explorer (to 6) and Chrome (to 27) are not recommended.

Website Quick Response Code

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Summaries of announcements are also provided on our Twitter page.
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Documents are provided in portable document format (PDF). A link to install Adobe Reader to view them is provided at the foot of each page.
With reference to the European Union e-Privacy Directive that came into effect under UK legislation on 26 May 2012, this website does not use cookies so does not need user consent for them.
With reference to the European Union General Data Protection Regulation that came into effect under UK legislation on 25 May 2018, there is a privacy notice on the Management Company page.