🚨 Don’t Pay Urang Property Management Ltd’s “Tenant Registration” Fee

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Dear Residents,

We want to make all leaseholders aware of an important legal position regarding Urang Property Management Ltd and their recent payment demands — including for those of you who are renting out your properties.

Under the Superior Lease (Head Lease) only the management company named in the lease — Twelve Trees (Bromley‐by‐Bow) Management Company Ltd (“TTMC”) — has any legal authority to demand or receive service charges or administration fees from leaseholders.

Urang’s authority to act as managing agent depended entirely on TTMC having a valid management agreement in place.

However, the facts are clear:

  • Urang’s management contract expired in May 2022.
  • Neither Urang nor TTMC have produced evidence of a valid renewal or extension beyond that date.
  • There is no board resolution or written authorisation from TTMC confirming that Urang were re‐appointed after May 2022.

In legal terms, this means Urang is no longer authorised to act on behalf of TTMC — and cannot lawfully demand or collect any payments from leaseholders.

📜 What the Lease Says

  • Clause 7.6 of the Superior Lease provides that if TTMC “fails to perform any of its obligations”, leaseholders may withhold payments until the landlord gives proper notice directing where payments should be made.
  • Clause 6.2.1 confirms that the Management Company may appoint managing agents — but only “at its discretion” and only while it lawfully operates. Once TTMC becomes insolvent or inactive, that authority automatically ceases.

Put simply: If there’s no valid management agreement, and no legal authority to act, then no payments can lawfully be demanded.

🔍 Court Confirmation

In August 2025 at the County Court at Clerkenwell & Shoreditch, District Judge Chakravarty confirmed in open court that collection of service charges is not enforceable until the final determination of the ongoing First‑tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) proceedings against TTMC.

The Tribunal proceedings — a long and complex case brought by leaseholders concerning the reasonableness and payability of multiple years of service charges — are still ongoing.

By that time it is likely TTMC will have been wound up (made bankrupt) by the court, meaning that it will no longer legally exist or have authority to demand or receive funds. Until that point — and in line with Judge Chakravarty’s order — no service charges are currently enforceable.

✅ What This Means for You

  • You are not legally required to make any payments to Urang or TTMC while these proceedings remain unresolved.
  • Urang has no valid authority to act or collect money on TTMC’s behalf, and any funds paid risk being unrecoverable.
  • Leaseholders may lawfully withhold or redirect service charge payments until the Tribunal and insolvency processes are concluded and a lawful manager or entity is appointed. If you receive any demand or threat of enforcement, please forward it to the MCRA and state that you are acting on advice from the recognised residents’ association and that you authorise us to deal with this.

🛠️ Our Next Steps

We continue to press for transparency, accountability, and the appointment of a competent and lawfully constituted management company to protect all residents.

Thank you for your continued support as we work to restore integrity and fairness in how our homes are managed.

Warm regards,
Amar Lodhia
Chair – Maltings Close Residents Association (Bromley-by-Bow)
Director – Maltings Close Residents Association Limited
Recognised Tenants Association under s.29 Landlord and Tenant Act 1985

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