The WDCO liaison committee took this very practical problem to Berkeley and asked some very specific questions.
The resulting dialogue is here.
The purple and blue text are my questions to Berkeley, the Green are Berkeley's repsonse.
My question
Berkele
Read more…Very many of us will have received the notice from Insite setting out the additional costs for hot water and heating over the past 2 years.
These demands have caused consternation and dismay.
There is a pyramid of people and organisations making respon
Read more…Anthony Coates-Smith, MD of Insite, who meter our heating usage and bill us for it, on behalf of Berkeley Homes, who buy the gas in the wholesale market and use it to heat our flats and hot water. It is believed that Berkeley make no profit on this s
Read more…By now almost everyone on the Woodberry Down estate with energy supplied by Berkeley Homes and billed by Insite will have received notification of energy price rises.
In our conversation with other Residents' Associations at Woodberry Down we know tha
I have a view across the grassy bit of Spring Park, over the children's playground to the West Reservoir. The grass all but disappeared by the middle of August. The short video at the foot of the page is a 1 minute time lapse of it growing back.
And t
Read more…I've just asked E-On Next for an "In House Display" (IHD) to show my usage of electricity as it happens. They refused. Apparently one has to ask as soon as one moves in. Which I had done, when they refused. And the meter is apparently SMETS1, which t
Read more…R&R manages with multiple properities across London, mainly south of the Thames.
I recently met with someone from R&R to discuss about community engagement and how to create more tailored content that is relevant to us here at Woodberry Down.
Gill wo
Read more…Do you think that your annual service charge is well spent, and that we get good value for money?
It is not clear how the service charges budget is prepared, so it is difficult to challenge the level of charges.
The Park Collection Residents' Associa
Read more…Wholesale gas prices are not expected to fall below 6p/kWh any time soon and are more likely to rise / remain high. So it makes sense to optimise your heating system.
If you are in the Odell/Kingly/Parkhouse/Hadleigh buildings then you have a Guru
Read more…Dear all,
Any thoughts on upcoming the service charges?
I'm particularly interested to know how the energy crisis has affected our bills and what measures has R&R taken to mitigate the impact of rising energy costs.
