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Company Profile
D. & O. Management Services Limited are specialists in establishing and managing Self Build Housing Associations in the U.K. We make Self Build Housing Associations possible, then offer constructive expert guidance and control throughout to ensure the success of a team project.
We identify a suitable site and negotiate its purchase. Our Architect helps with design, gaining planning permission, and meeting building regulations. Then our Quantity Surveyor provides a complete breakdown of materials and works out the actual costs of the scheme at that time.
We advertise for, interview and select applicants then register the group as a Housing Association.
We carry out all the time consuming expert work of sorting out the technicalities of house construction including Highway Authority negotiations over sewers and roads remaining private or adopted, VAT arrangements, certification and Surveyor's inspections. We also appoint a Solicitor. We arrange Contractors All risk, Public Liability, Personal Accident and Life Insurance.
We even arrange a suitable accountancy system for the group and, of course negotiate and arrange the finance for the scheme.
Perhaps most important to you, we recruit the best possible mix of members.
When the scheme is completed, each member purchases their new home with mortgages under the advice and guidance of our Financial Advisor.
Our Architect, Quantity Surveyor, Solicitor, Accountant and Financial Advisor all have many years' experience of over-coming the obstacles that can arise and of producing the successes of Self Build developments.
Professional Team
Architect - Designs the site layout and house types along traditional lines using conventional neighbourhood layouts based on familiar house types and using traditional methods and materials. Planning and Building Regulations Approval is obtained. Working drawings, specifications and on-site inspections are provided. The design which we present to the self-build group is the design which will be built. Any personal modifications to the house type would require initial approval from D. & O. Management Services Limited.
Quantity Surveyor - Provides a detailed cost and schedule breakdown of the scheme then provides monthly valuations to enable the group to draw funds from the Bank/Building Society financing the scheme.
Solicitor - Assists and advises on all legal work throughout the development, including the purchasing of the land, formation of the Self Build Group, registrations with the Registrar of Friendly Societies and the National Federation of Housing Associations; mortgages and finance generally; all working rules and agreements during the course of development and transfer of title when the development has been completed. Can, if requested, act for group members in connection with their personal affairs and sales of their own properties to provide an all round service for the benefit of the group and individual members.
Accountant - Well versed in the requirement of the Registrar of Friendly Societies and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act. The operation of Income Tax in the Construction Industry and formalities of Minutes, Annual Returns, the filing of accounts, etc.
Financial Advisor - Arranges mortgages and insurances for each group member, subject to status, in order to finance the house purchase from the Housing Association. Each group member will require to be in receipt of a mortgage offer prior to commencement of the project. | |
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