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Posted by DistantConnection on 17 September 2025
Thank you for this important information. Firstport accounts are due to be published very shortly. They will make interesting reading.
Posted by The Editor on 17 September 2025
North Kent United!
No, North Kent United are not a football team set up to rival the mighty Gillingham and Maidstone.
What they are are a group of people living on new build developments in Kent who have suffered at the hands of corrupt managing agents such as Firstport. some such as the formidable Sean Young and Amber Needham have had considerable success in getting rid of their developer imposed managing agent. Indeed due to their and other residents efforts Firstport have been evicted from several high profile developments in the Kent area including Faversham and Greenhithe. Now Sean has helped set up the Sittingbourne & Sheppey Residents Association.
Anyone in the Kent area unhappy with their managing agent are welcome to contact SSRA who will freely give advice as to how to get rid of Firstport or any other corrupt managing agent for that matter.
What they are are a group of people living on new build developments in Kent who have suffered at the hands of corrupt managing agents such as Firstport. some such as the formidable Sean Young and Amber Needham have had considerable success in getting rid of their developer imposed managing agent. Indeed due to their and other residents efforts Firstport have been evicted from several high profile developments in the Kent area including Faversham and Greenhithe. Now Sean has helped set up the Sittingbourne & Sheppey Residents Association.
Anyone in the Kent area unhappy with their managing agent are welcome to contact SSRA who will freely give advice as to how to get rid of Firstport or any other corrupt managing agent for that matter.
Posted by The Editor on 09 September 2025
Dear Mr Editor if you would like to give me the contact details of SSRA then I could certainly provide assistance if any blocks in Kent are being ' managed' by WESTBURY RESIDENTIAL LTD and its offshoot companies.
Posted by Kim on 14 September 2025
sittingbourneandsheppyra@gmail.com
As they "partner" NLC they need to know of the Westbury/Firstport/NLC/connections.
As they "partner" NLC they need to know of the Westbury/Firstport/NLC/connections.
Posted by The Editor on 15 September 2025
Excellent.Thank you. I do know that WESTBURY RESIDENTIAL LTD is prowling around Kent and will be possibly after FIRSTPORTS vacancies…..
Posted by Ki on 15 September 2025
And Another One!
It seems like we have yet another housing minister, this time it appears to be Stephen Reed. We wish him well in his new role and hope that desperately needed reforms will not be impacted by his need to get up to speed.
Posted by The Editor on 05 September 2025
Little Britain!
Some of you reading this may well remember the David Walliams/Matt Lucas TV series Little Britain. Some found it to be very funny others less so.
About Firstport however have had sight of a very amusing Little Britain sketch that has not been aired, but so good is the sketch we have to share it with all our readers.
To set the scene, imagine a development block of flats called White Horse House.
Now instead of the Little Britain tV series, you now imagine the Little Britain to be the Little Britain in London situated close to St Barts hospital.
So to develop the sketch even further, let's assume for the sake of argument that the property manager for this block was Firstport?
And let us say that the residents sacked Firstport and appointed a new managing agent? Now for the sake of the carefully crafted script we assume that Firstport failed to hand over the reserve funds to the new management company?
So that scenario sets up the sketch. Now for the extremely funny pay off line:
The residents/new managing agent takes Firstport to the First Tier Property Tribunal, who gives Firstport 14 days to hand over £149,512. Now that's funny!
About Firstport however have had sight of a very amusing Little Britain sketch that has not been aired, but so good is the sketch we have to share it with all our readers.
To set the scene, imagine a development block of flats called White Horse House.
Now instead of the Little Britain tV series, you now imagine the Little Britain to be the Little Britain in London situated close to St Barts hospital.
So to develop the sketch even further, let's assume for the sake of argument that the property manager for this block was Firstport?
And let us say that the residents sacked Firstport and appointed a new managing agent? Now for the sake of the carefully crafted script we assume that Firstport failed to hand over the reserve funds to the new management company?
So that scenario sets up the sketch. Now for the extremely funny pay off line:
The residents/new managing agent takes Firstport to the First Tier Property Tribunal, who gives Firstport 14 days to hand over £149,512. Now that's funny!
Posted by The Editor on 04 September 2025
Where will Firstport get that amount of money from?Could this be the beginning if the end??
Posted by RUTH on 04 September 2025
Two things. Firstly I have been told many times through this site that the First Tier Tribunal has no powers to enforce their decisions. Secondly if Firstport agree with the figures then they will pay it from the pot that holds millions belonging to all their residents reserve funds.
Posted by on 05 September 2025
Service Charge Allocation
We have two sizes of flats at my development. The larger ones are only a matter of inches or a couple of feet bigger than the smaller ones and yet the residents of the larger flats are paying 50% more than those in the smaller flats.
I contacted E&M who passed me to Firstport.
Firstport passed the buck claiming that they just managed and received service charges in accordance with the terms of the lease set out by McCarthy & Stone and Peverel a subsidiary of McCarthy & Stone
I think it's complicated and I feel I'm just going to be passed from one group to another.
Also I like the idea of being able to self manage and get rid of Firstport.
Thanks for any tips or advice.
I contacted E&M who passed me to Firstport.
Firstport passed the buck claiming that they just managed and received service charges in accordance with the terms of the lease set out by McCarthy & Stone and Peverel a subsidiary of McCarthy & Stone
I think it's complicated and I feel I'm just going to be passed from one group to another.
Also I like the idea of being able to self manage and get rid of Firstport.
Thanks for any tips or advice.
Posted by Mr H on 29 August 2025
The lease is a legal document that must be strictly adhered to by all parties.
It will set out in precise terms the proportion of service charges that must be paid. No leaseholder can be charged any more than the proportion percentage written into the lease.
As ever, Firstport do not have a clue as to what the terms of the lease are and simply make up the proportions of charges using guesswork!
The relationship between McCarthy & Stone is complex.
When McCarthy & Stone initially faced collapse they were saved by Vincent Tchenguiz who purchased the freeholds of several McCarthy & stone developments installing Peverel/Firstport who were connected to Tchenguiz group companies as property managers. Peverel/Firstport were "gifted" the leaseholds on residential house manager's flats which put value into Peverel/Firstport who promptly mortgaged their newly created assets.
It will set out in precise terms the proportion of service charges that must be paid. No leaseholder can be charged any more than the proportion percentage written into the lease.
As ever, Firstport do not have a clue as to what the terms of the lease are and simply make up the proportions of charges using guesswork!
The relationship between McCarthy & Stone is complex.
When McCarthy & Stone initially faced collapse they were saved by Vincent Tchenguiz who purchased the freeholds of several McCarthy & stone developments installing Peverel/Firstport who were connected to Tchenguiz group companies as property managers. Peverel/Firstport were "gifted" the leaseholds on residential house manager's flats which put value into Peverel/Firstport who promptly mortgaged their newly created assets.
Posted by The Editor on 29 August 2025
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Always sad when people lose their jobs but I wouldn’t be surprised if something more fishy is going on?