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Downloadable Publications
A four page leaflet about ARMA and its members.
Appointing A Managing Agent UPDATED!
A booklet about the need for managing agents, thier selection and working with them. Published jointly with The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) and the Association of Retirement Housing Managers (ARHM).
A guide to your rights and responsibilities as a leaseholder. Published jointly with LEASE and the ARHM.
A booklet explaining the procedures for landlords, resident management companies and their managing agents in the private sector in England and Wales to consult their lessees and tenants before entering into certain kinds of expenditure paid for from service charges. Published jointly with LEASE.
The Letting of Leasehold Flats
A 14 page guide to good practice and related issues when letting a leasehold flat produced in conjunction with LEASE, NLA, ARLA, FPRA, RICS, UKALA and BPF.
How ARMA members can help with the Right to Manage situation
ARMA's Lessee Advisory Notes (LANs):
LAN 01: TV is Changing - Digital Switchover
LAN 02: Lessees Carrying Out Gardening, Cleaning, And Other Duties
LAN 03: Health & Safety UPDATED!
LAN 04: Lessees' Rights to Information
LAN 05: Smoke-Free Regulations
LAN 06: Noise
LAN 07: S.20 Consultation and Major Works
LAN 08: Accounting for Service Charges - Best Practice
LAN 09: Conveyancing
LAN 10: 21 Ways to be a great leaseholder
LAN 11:
Recent Changes to the Role of the Managing Agent
LAN 12: Anti-Social Behaviour
LAN 13: Management Fees
LAN 14: The Companies Act 2006 and Resident Management Companies
LAN 15: Insurance
LAN 17:
Condensation
LAN 18: Flues in Voids
LAN 19: Formation of Residents' Associations
LAN 20: Appointment of a Manager by the LVT NEW!
LAN 21: Making a Complaint about the Management of Your Block NEW!
LAN 22: Fire Safety NEW!
Selected ARMA Guidance Notes:
GN G01: Professional Development & Qualifications.
GN D01: Lessees & Residents' Management Companies.
GN A06: Formation & Recognition of Residents' Associations.
Freeholders on Private Estates - A guidance document for freeholders paying service charges on private estates.
Electrical Safety in Communal Areas of Residential Properties NEW!
A 44 page guide to electrical safety in communal areas for all types of residential landlords in
cluding local authorities, housing associations, freeholder companies Resident Management Companies and Right to Manage Companies; electrical contractors, installers and residents may also find the information useful.
Fire Safety in Purpose-Built Blocks of Flats NEW!
A new guide to fire safety in purpose built blocks of flats. Publised by the Local Government Group this important document includes guidance on a range of topics including 'stay put' policies, alarm systems, requirements of a fire risk assessment and the law relating to fire safety in these buildings. The document also includes relevant case studies that focus on some of the common issues found in blocks of flats with suggested fire safety solutions.
Technical Release: Residential Service Charge Accounts NEW!
Guidance on accounting and reporting on service charge accounts for residential properties.
ARMA & ERA Disconnection Protocol for Communal Areas of Blocks of Flats NEW!
Joint protocol to establish the roles and responsibilities of ARMA members and the Big 6 energy companies where power disconnection to the communal areas is considered as a sanction for non-payment. It should also act as a guide to help avoid disconnections by addressing the issue earlier in the debt- collection pathway.
A Career in Property Management
A four page leaflet with information on careers in property management.
Benefits of Membership Leaflet
Learn more about the range of exclusive benefits, resources and services that ARMA Corporate Members receive.
Key Management Issues For New Developments
A 12 page booklet for developers and their managing agents.
A Guide To The Management Of Mixed-Tenure Developments UPDATED!
A 20 page booklet for developers, housing associations and managing agents.
ARMA's 2010/11 Annual Report.
Money Laundering Guidance UPDATED!
This detailed guidance available to all members of NFOPP, RICS, ARP and ARMA has just been updated. The guidance explains the implications of money laundering regulations and the Proceeds of Crime Act. It is relevant to estate, lettings and managing agents. You can download the pdf or view the interactive web version.
Reforming the home-buying and selling process
Industry and professionals' views on the future direction of home buying reform in England - Edited by Amir Ghani, Building Societies Association