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of our approach to financing these works.
Finally, I am deeply embarrassed by the fact that the battle is somewhat unfair given your status as a lady director versus three fellah directors, who have tried unsuccessfully to run Mitre House Management Limited with your assistance from day one. As is well documented, you have not been a team player and have, as far as I can recall, disagreed with every decision, idea, commitment and comment made, certainly by myself, and indeed your other fellow directors, culminating as it did in you leading an RTM against your own company.
And you don't even live at Mitre House, nor indeed do any of your fellow (majority) conspirators, whereas some of us do, and we that do have as much, if not more, interest in Mitre House's decor and upkeep and the ongoing added value it brings to the marketability of our properties, which sadly last quarter only only saw a miserly 3.2% increase in Chelsea values as opposed to 12.8% in ruddy Marylebone and Islington...even Knightsbridge is only 3% up.
We're all facing ruin. Comments to all above please by this evening so the meeting can proceed on schedule and be finished by Bank Holiday Monday lunchtime.
Sincerely,
Paul
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PS THREE PDFS ATTACHED - please read them carefully from desktop
And in an email from me to Mrs Hillgarth on 24 May 2014 following the “minutes” meeting on 23 May:
Not that you'll be doing any emailing till you return, but do bear in mind (as a Director with our responsi- bilities re: Landlord & Tenant Act) that you must make clear that the additional funds required to be paid
by each Lessee are voluntary contributions (and I would strongly suggest more than the minimum £1000 as that will still leave us totally at ZERO in Reserves come Christmas - much safer to double it to a minimum £2000 leaving us around £9000 in Reserves for unforeseen contingencies for both the works and our general maintenance, lift etc) . We cannot force any Lessee to pay additional funds if they don't wish to as the works involved in the INTERNALS consist of some non essential works.
Please make that very clear as any Lessee could take us to task unless that is stated. I have advised Jamil of the meeting/situation and am awaiting his response which I'll let you have.
If we were sticking exactly to the terms of our Head Lease, no works are meant to commence until all funding is in place meaning June and September's quarters must be utilised for the additional requests, meaning demands of, I would suggest, £1000 plus the normal £650 for both quarters.
In an email from me to Mrs Hillgarth on 27 May 2014 following the “minutes” meeting of 23 May 2014:
Thanks for email and here is what we/or you can send out if you deem it correct following what was discussed at some length on Friday.
If not, let me know. I was gardening all day.... in the rain!
I have given people 7 days to make comment/query covering our backs if indeed they do NOT wish to pay additional funds under any circumstances - their right, I'm afraid. I am still awaiting a reply from Jamil who is not back in UK until this w/end.
Might I suggest you also deal with Flats 1, 3, 4, 8 & most especially Flat 9 (who have made comment previously about NOT having to accept the cheapest quote etc - they are correct, it's a risk, but all Agent's are obliged to accept it or give good reason not to. Our reason is simply money!).
It would be appreciated, so long as you believe it, that they all be told that you are now totally satisfied subsequent to Friday's meeting, with all Management's competence, professional- ism, arrangements, specifications and quotes to date. You are not expected to approve the www.mitrehouse.org, as I'll leave that to filter through from outside sources in due course, as