Welcome to Little Aston Hall and Lakeside Ltd

This Information Pack includes important items that we hope you will find useful.

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Estate Information: Covenants, Rules and Regulations

Welcome to our community.

Enclosed in your Information Pack are a few important items of information that we hope you will find useful.

Estate Rules

Read the summary of restrictions and rules designed to preserve quality, safety and harmony across the estate.

Alterations

Understand when consent is required and how to apply for Landlord’s approval before carrying out works.

Fire Safety

Follow the correct strategy for the Hall (Evacuate) and the D/M Blocks (Stay Put).
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LITTLE ASTON HALL & LAKESIDE LIMITED

Our Board of Directors is comprised of dedicated volunteers who are committed to serving in the best interests of our estate. They are elected by the Company Shareholders each year at the AGM. Only Leaseholders can be shareholders.

Currently, the Little Aston Hall and Lakeside estate is being managed and operated by the Directors.

Contact: For enquiries or to report a problem, please email roger@lahandls.co.uk or, in an emergency, call 07952 678 010.

Note: If you are renting your apartment, your first point of contact should be your letting agent or landlord.

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ESTATE RESTRICTIONS AND RULES

LITTLE ASTON HALL & LAKESIDE LIMITED

LANDLORDS REGULATIONS
Summary of Estate Restrictions & Rules

General:

To observe and comply with all of the provisions of the Lease, including any Management Regulations made by Lessor at any time.

Not to do, or permit to be done, anything which may cause nuisance or disturbance to other occupiers, or adversely affect the amenity of the Estate.

Not to use the Apartment nor permit the same to be used for any purpose whatsoever other than as a private dwellinghouse in one single occupation only, nor for any purpose from which a nuisance can arise to the owners and occupiers of the other apartments comprised in the Estate or in the neighbourhood, or for any illegal or immoral purpose.

Not to do or permit to be done any act or thing which may render void or voidable any policy of insurance on any flat or garage in or part of the Estate, or may cause an increased premium to be payable in respect thereof.

No article weighing more than 2 cwt. or which may be dangerous shall be brought into the Apartment.

No clothes or other articles shall be hung or exposed outside the Apartment. No flower box window box, flower pot or other like object shall be placed outside the Apartment.

No mat shall be shaken out of the windows of the Apartment.

Noise

No piano, pianola, gramophone, television, wireless, loudspeaker or mechanical or other musical instrument of any kind shall be played or used, and neither shall any singing be practised, in the Apartment so as to cause annoyance to the owners and occupiers of the other apartments comprised in the Estate or so as to be audible outside the Apartment between the hours of 11 pm. and 9 am.

Signs:

No name, writing, drawing, signboard, plate or placard of any kind shall be put on or in any window on the exterior of the Apartment or so as to be visible from outside the Apartment.

Animals:

No bird, dog, or other animal which may cause annoyance to any owner or occupier of the other apartments comprised in the Estate shall be kept in the Apartment; and no dog, cat or other animal shall be kept in the Apartment without the written consent of the Lessors which consent may be revoked at the discretion of the Lessors. Consent will not be given for keeping a dog or cat.

No feeding of the water foul including ducks and geese or foxes, Badgers etc; from balconies or on the grounds

Garages & Parking:

The exterior of the Apartment or Garage shall only be decorated in accordance with the approved standard scheme.

No vehicle other than a private motor car or private motor cycle used by the Lessee or his immediate family shall be kept in the Garage.

No vehicle or conveyance shall be parked permanently elsewhere than in the Garage.

Residents and their visitors may park private cars only in the designated parking bays, for temporary periods not exceeding 48 hours. Commercial and other vehicles are not permitted. No parking is allowed on the Estate roads/ circulation areas.

No trailer, caravan, or boat is allowed on the Estate.

Not to wash cars or other vehicles otherwise than on the car wash within the Garage and to keep garage doors closed except when in use.

Not to repair cars or other vehicles anywhere on the Estate.

Aerials:

No external wireless, television aerial or satellite dish shall be erected.

Grounds and Lake

Not to use the lawns and gardens of the Estate for picnicking, camping or erecting of tents, for the playing of radios or musical instruments, for the riding of animals or bicycles.

Not to permit childrens play activity on the lawns gardens or roads of the Estate or any activity which may cause damage to trees or shrubs on the Estate.

Not to approach within 15 yards of the private dwellings known as the Pavilion and the Orangery.

The Lake and its banks are in private ownership and do not form part of the Estate so residents have no access. The Lake is operated by a private fishing syndicate. Residents must not pollute, fish or swim in the Lake.

Bins & Waste:

To ensure that all refuse is placed in the receptacles provided and not to burn refuse of any kind anywhere on the Estate. Blue recycling bins should be kept in the leaseholder’s garage. All other household waste should be bagged and placed in the black bins in the communal bin store. Any large items must be taken to the local tip/recycling centre.

Not to throw dirt, rubbish rags or other refuse or permit the same to be thrown into the sinks, baths, lavatories, cisterns, or waste or soil pipes in the Apartment.

Carpets & Curtains:

To provide beige linings to all curtains and to procure that venetian blinds, roller blinds and similar window fittings shall conform to that standard.

To keep all floors under-felted and carpeted.

Alterations:

Not to make any structural alterations.

Not to make any alterations to the exterior of the building (including new or replacement windows, balcony screens, exterior vents, or flues) without the Lessors’ formal written Consent.

Not to remove or alter any internal walls without the lessors formal written consent.

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LANDLORD CONSENT FOR ALTERATIONS

LANDLORD’S REGULATIONS CONSENT FOR ALTERATIONS

GENERAL CONDITIONS

If your application is successful you will receive a formal letter confirming Landlord’s consent. That Letter of Consent may contain special conditions which you must observe in addition to the General Conditions as set out below :-

The work must be carried out strictly in accordance with the approved specification, as detailed in the Letter of Consent. Plans and specifications should be provided to the Managing Agent with your application.

Your contractor is responsible for surveying and designing the proposed works. In considering the application, or granting consent, the Landlord and the Managing Agent assume no responsibility whatsoever for the works or the feasibility of the design or proposals.

You are responsible for obtaining all necessary local authority and other consent (including, but not exclusively, planning permission and building regulation approval) and any fees payable in this connection are met by you. Consent by the Landlord does not imply that the proposals meet planning or building regulation requirements and does not waive or affect your responsibilities in this regard.

The rights of owners, lessees and occupiers of the adjoining and surrounding property are to be maintained and you must give neighbouring residents adequate notice of your intention to carry out these works.

All contractors are required to comply with all appropriate Health & Safety legislation, regulations and approved codes of practice.

You will indemnify the Landlord against all loss, damage, expense and claims arising out of the carrying out, retention and removal of the proposed works including (but not limited to) any claims against the Landlord or its Agents by other lessees and occupiers within the block in relation to any nuisance claimed to have been caused by the works.

The work is to be undertaken by you and your contractors to a satisfactory standard and with full liability for any future defects lying with yourself or your successors. No future or contingent liability will fall upon the Landlord, the Service Charge Account, the Managing Agent or any other party.

All the work is to be carried out at your expense.

Your contractors are to hold adequate third party insurance for a limit of indemnity appropriate to the nature and extent of the works (minimum £5 million) and to cover loss or damage to the whole or part of the buildings of which the demised premises form part and to cover the contents thereof including generally loss or damage arising from vibrations, weakening of support, and such other consequences of the works as may be prudent.

You are to provide any additional indemnities by way of insurance cover which may be required by the Managing Agent

Any alterations to the electrical, water, gas or telecom installations must comply with the requirements and subject to the approval of the respective companies.

Any work affecting the supply of water to other residents is to be arranged with the Managing Agent - at least seven working days notice to be given

Electricity, Gas, Water and Drainage installations are to be left in a good and safe state of repair, and following completion of the works Test Certificates are to be obtained for new and amended installations.

Where new water pipes and sanitary fittings are installed, adequate and appropriate valves and stopcocks are to be fitted, with full accessibility. No alterations, additions or modifications are permitted to communal water systems, including central heating, without specific prior approval.

In the case of replacement windows, the windows must be of the same external appearance and colour as the original windows

a) The windows should incorporate sufficient structural support, if necessary, to carry the brickwork or other elements of the building which may be supported by the original window frames.

b) During the course of the work, no matter how short a period, the brickwork above the window must be supported whilst the original windows are removed and the replacement windows installed.

All floors are to be covered with underfelt and carpets with the exception of kitchens, lavatories and bathrooms where cork or other suitable materials for avoiding transmission of noise may be used instead of carpets. However, if your lease imposes more restrictive flooring requirements, the lease will prevail.

There is to be no change of use of the rooms so as to conflict with the use or amenity of adjacent property.

Notice is to be served on the Managing Agent before any scaffolding (including other means of access) is erected, such Notice to state how long that scaffolding is to be in position. Where scaffolding is used adequate security measures must be taken and notice given to all flats in close proximity to the scaffold. All safety regulations must be complied with and proper security arrangements made to include provisions of lighting.

The gardens/grounds/lawns must be protected at the time of erection and striking of scaffold (including other means of access) and all scaffold equipment must be handed down and not thrown. No scaffold poles are to be left in the gardens, on walkways or elsewhere on site. No entrances are to be obscured and all entrances over which scaffold passes must be fully boarded to avoid risk to residents.

External ladders must be removed at night, weekends, public holidays or any other time when the site is unattended.

If a skip is required, siting must be agreed with the Managing Agent in advance. No skip must remain on site for more than 48 hours.

If the common staircase and common parts to the block are to be used for delivery or removal of materials, proper measures must be taken to protect those common areas (including internal walls, floors, floor coverings). No materials or equipment are to be stored in the common areas (whether inside or outside the building) at any time.

Should any damage be caused to the common parts (including the grounds) the Landlord reserves the right to require you either to make good to their entire satisfaction or to arrange for the work to be carried out by others, with the cost to be met by you.

To protect the amenity of other residents, the playing of transistor radios, tape or CD players or similar equipment is not allowed.

The work is to be carried out during normal working hours (9am to 5.30pm) Monday to Friday inclusive and if working is necessary on a Saturday the consent of the Managing Agent must first be obtained in writing. No works are to be carried out on Sundays or Bank Holidays.

The work is to be commenced as soon as possible and completed within 6 months of the date of the Landlord’s formal Letter of Consent.

The Managing Agent must be notified in advance of the date of commencement and completion of the works.

Any alterations affecting the exterior appearance of the building are prohibited unless specifically covered by the Landlord’s formal Letter of Consent.

Consent will not be granted if there are any arrears of ground rent or service charge. You, the leaseholder, undertake to pay the Landlord’s costs in this matter. The Managing Agent reserves the right to charge an increased fee if additional and unforeseen work is required in connection with these proposed alterations at any time.

THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT GRANT CONSENT FOR THE PROPOSED ALTERATION

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MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS — PARKING

Overnight Parking

Under the terms of the head leases, apartments can only be transferred or sublet together with the allocated garage. All residents, whether leaseholders or subtenants, must have access to that garage for parking.

As approved by the Board of Directors

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SUBLETTING

Subletting

The subletting covenant and instructions are below for your information;

The freeholder Little Aston Hall and Lakeside Ltd seek to ensure that appropriate notices and consents are in place for subletting. If you are currently renting out your premises without permission then this constitutes a breach of the Lease and the Freeholder is entitled, under the terms of the Lease, to take any necessary action to remedy this breach.

Please complete and return the below Consent to Sublet form with full contact details for the tenant/s and letting agent, the details of which will be added to our records. On signing the Consent to Sublet form you are agreeing to the following

  1. There is an Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement in place.
  2. The Leaseholder/s remains liable for payment of Service Charge
  3. The Leaseholder/s continues to be responsible for upholding all Lease covenants. The Freeholder requires the Leaseholder/s to provide the Occupier/s of the property with a copy of this information pack and the Lease Restriction Covenants and gives clear instructions to their tenants that they should be adhered to at all times.

On receipt, the Consent to Sublet form will be processed; a copy of which will be stamped/signed by us on behalf of the Freeholder and sent to you for your safekeeping.

It is vital that we have an up-to-date Leaseholder correspondence address. Please advise of any change to the current address so that we can update our records accordingly.

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FIRE SAFETY

WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE IN THE HALL — EVACUATE

WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE IN THE D OR M BLOCKS — STAY PUT

If the fire is in your apartment:

If you see or hear a fire in another part of the building:

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FAQS FOR SELLING/LETTING AGENTS AND PROSPECTIVE RESIDENTS

  1. The Estate is not a retirement complex, so no age restriction applies. However, the leases prohibit games and bicycles, etc., in the grounds, and so the Estate is not ideally suited to families with children.
  2. Dogs and cats are not allowed.
  3. The lake is not included within the Estate grounds, and residents have no access to it. Fishing, swimming, etc., is prohibited.
  4. Parking can be an issue. Resident households are expected to have a maximum of two cars, and to keep them garaged overnight.
  5. Commercial vehicles/vans and caravans are not allowed on the Estate.
  6. Residents are not allowed to run a business from the Estate.
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