Southside D12

Health & Safety
Braemar Estates partners with William Martin Compliance
Solutions Ltd, a consultancy specialising in the provision
of bespoke property-related health and safety risk
management solutions.
Braemar Estates is instructed by some of the largest
landlords in the country whose service and compliance
standards are above the recognised standards of the
industry,
These landlords are in a similar position to yourselves,
they are directors and liable for all compliance relating to
their properties. Coupled with this, these landlords have
investors who expect both strong returns and certainty
of returns therefore any property related risk must be
completely negated and neutralised.
As Directors of Management Companies, it is often
underplayed by Managing Agents the legal responsibilities
that directors are under and must act by to discharge.
Should any issues arise that cause injury to a resident
or visitor to Southside, the directors of SMC will be one
of the parties who may be liable. If the building is found
not to be compliant, the directors may have proceedings
brought against them which could result in prosecution
and in the worst case, prison.
That is why our compliance and governance is so much
more thorough than other property management agents.
We never want our Directors to be exposed and for that
reason we invest in the best standards of risk assessment
and health and safety checks and fire risk management.
William Martin operates a system called Meridian. This is a
transparent management software which allows reporting
for directors and ensures that your building is being
managed correctly. It allows our Property Managers to see
issues as soon as they arise and action accordingly.
Our compliance and governance is superior to other
property management companies. We invest in the best
standards of risk assessments and health and safety
checks and fire risk management.
The system ensures that upcoming services/dates (for
example, lift servicing) are flagged a month ahead of
schedule to ensure the work is carried out in time. The
risk assessors for William Martin are all ex-fire officers and
health and safety officers.
Compliance and health and safety is an area which in our
view is sometimes ‘dumbed down’ within the industry.
Braemar Estates believes this is wrong and directors
should be aware of the risks and how they are managed
professionally.
No other property management company invests in
governance and health and safety to the same extent.
We do this to protect residents, directors, assets of the
building and peoples homes.
“We will work with the
Directors to set parameters
for expenditure limits
and we regularly obtain
2-3 quotes for works that
fall outside of whatever
parameters are set.“