SWA residential management - About Us

SWA has a wide ranging practice of Estate Management administered by experienced staffs with background in Chartered Surveying, Accounting,Banking and Administration.

In our offices we have staff dedicated to Estate Management and many systems custom made to suit.

We maintain a list of tried contractors in most essential fields of service, but are always willing to try new recommendations. Main contracts are usually tendered which gives an opportunity to monitor performance and costs as well as try new contractors.

Where the opportunity arises we can usually obtain lower cost premiums through 'multiple' portfolio purchasing.

We try to maintain zero bank charges and operate through on-line banking.

Annual service charges estimates are always assessed on previous year's performance before budgets are placed before the estate representatives and wherever possible we propose a sinking fund to accumulate sufficient funds for major projects over longer periods and hopefully eliminate the need for unexpected large bills.

We usually take on the role of Company Secretary to ensure the continuity of the estate management company as well as meeting Company House requirements of Annual Returns etc

We do not need to be local to you to manage your estate, most day to day work is carried out from our offices near Stansted Airport; not far from the junction of the M11and A120. We feel that the key to good management is staff, not location, but we are particularly well positioned via the M11 to reach most parts of London, Hertfordshire, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, and parts of Kent Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Bedfordshire within an hour or less.

We maintain dialogue with estate representatives and can provide all of the estate services including debt recovery and neighbour disputes. Active reporting of problems through pre-arranged systems is encouraged and we are constantly seeking opportunities for improvements for our managed estates.

Our current portfolio covers new and old, small and large buildings or estates with just communal external parts such as gardens and access roads. One estate covers nine large blocks in several acres of land and another spans a river. We are managing the renovation of a listed building, fighting car parking problems near town centres and stations and endless problems from inconsiderate sub-tenants.