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Electrical Cer4ficate
your request: Could you please forward me a copy of the Electrical Cer>ficate issued by Southern Electrical for the common part of Mitre House.

my reply: (as explained in email reply from me yesterday)
These are required every five years and are scheduled to be done ahead of schedule during the proposed, but seriously delayed, Internals. This is a direct quote from previous Agents, KFH. I would also add that we changed our electric supplier from Bri>sh Gas to Southern Electric and you can rest assured that had the electrics been in as poor a state as your are implying, they would not have accepted the contract.
As regards the state of electrics in individual flats, your guess is as good as mine, but would imagine that it's no worse than the majority of local premises. If you have informa>on as to how you or anybody else can gain access to private property to inspect their electrics, or indeed anything else, please advise. If the situa>on was good enough during KFH's tenure as Agents, or indeed the previous mul>tude of Agents employed by our Freeholder/Head Lessor, then one imagines it'll be good enough for you, your subHlet tenants and indeed the rest of us at Mitre House. Most flats have been renovated in the last decade as the common parts well evidence, and one hopes, rewired where necessary. My electrics are, admi`edly, even too an>quated for the Bri>sh Museum's appraisers, but s>ll in good working order save for the odd blip during rainy weather!

addi4onal reply: I don't think I men>oned a cer>ficate from newsboys, Southern Electric..... I repeat, the electrics are tested around every 5 years, the last being in 2008 and were always scheduled to be tested again once the Internals which include new lights etc have been done (that's a direct quote from previous Agents, KFH and indicated to recent purchasers of flats in answers to their Solicitor's queries) H it would be stupid to do an electrical survey prior to new installa>ons, which they, too, would need an NICEIC cert once finished. This is not me talking, but Agents, any Agents including KFH H
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Management of Mitre House
I am rather surprised to read your comments as the last >me we met it was at The Pheasantry. The purpose of the mee>ng was to introduce me to one of the Management Agents you had sourced. Subsequently you came to the conclusion that it was not very prac>cal to have Mitre House managed by someone based 3 to 4 hours out of London .Subsequently you asked me to recommend other Management Agents. I introduced you to Best Gapp and Smith Waters which I have known personally for the past 30 years who have proved to be very efficient.
my reply: we simply (or I did) inves>gate many Agents as you were made well aware of H in fact it was Flat 9 who suggested the one you refer to at Lunch, but as you said, were well out of London and not overly professional in their demeanour H (we never heard back from them aier that lunch etc....) H and yes, your sugges>on for Best Gapp (and ~Smith Peters H very expensive) was followed up, and Gary and I became good friends as regards the whys and wherefores or proceeding or not, or when etc H
We, and I believe that included you, Michele, agreed we'd give a go on our own and see how we get on H and probably, were it not for this ridiculous argyHbargy over the ruddy Internals, all would be well. But, as every document I've read (and that's quite a few) regarding managing your own building, makes clear the problem of feuding tenants and the trouble caused by disputes,