1. Wychwood Park
Management Company

2. Introductions
Karen Delay – Chair of Wychwood Park Residents Society (WPRS)
Jon Wright – Vice Chair of WPRS
Lance Stephens – Treasurer WPRS
Barry Feast – WPRS Member
Les Kingston – WPRS Member
Barry and Les were key in reinstating the fountain!

3. WPRS? Originally set up by Connaught Brook residents in 2001
Mostly a social and ‘residents’ forum at the time
Successfully arranged for resident representation on WPML
Quite an active group of residents working with CP and WPML
Action Group decided to take an alternative approach to challenge CP legally and ultimately took over WPML and WPRS representation
Small group returned in 2015 to reinstate communications with CP

4. The Management Company
What does it do?
Manage and tender the security and landscaping contracts
Maintain roads, lighting, infrastructure – get tenders for work required
Collect, account and audit the money from residents and hotel/golf club
Approve and enforce planning applications
Deal with resident issues / complaints where possible

5. The Management Company
What doesn’t it do?
Anything to do with hotel and golf club including their land
Deal with personal neighbour disputes
How is it set up?
Currently a subsidiary of Countryside Properties
Ownership of the sinking fund and communal land
Control of the sinking fund and current accounts
Day to day management outsourced to Lamonts (Legat Owen)

6. The Management Company - future
Why are we discussing it?
Countryside no longer have an interest in the park
The Hotel are not interested in taking on the management company
Risk of it being ‘sold off’ / outsourced to a 3rd Party
Countryside Properties have offered it to the residents
Take control of the management company and the park ground in which we live in.
Remove the risk of third party interest in the park.

7. The Management Company – activity so far
Progress has been made over the last year
Agreement for full stat accounts to be provided
Process of ensuring all pockets of land transferred to WPML
Legal representation for residents provided (ORJ Solicitors)
Checklist for due diligence completed
Contracts, Bank Accounts, Utilities, Licenses and Insurances required, Lighting charges
1 Freshwater drive costs, any legal contracts or warranties in place
Asset transfer process to remove liability risk

8. The Management Company – core objective
To maintain the park to the original specification that people bought into
To do so efficiently and cost effectively
Maintain 3rd party day to day management
To act in the best interests of the property owners

9. The Management Company – what next?
To get any feedback / concerns regarding this process from home owners
We need some volunteers to assist with hamlet representation on the board
To provide a structure to the new company which will incorporate WPML
Directors from owners and hotel
Not massively onerous, quarterly meetings and occasional support
Reinstate resident and owner meetings moving forward
Target dates: Nov 15 for company creation, Dec 15 handover, Jan 1st 16 start

10. Email for volunteers, questions, concerns
Please forward all correspondence to: