Archive for February, 2010

It’s That Time Of Year

We anticipate that in the next few weeks, we will start to see an increase in visitor numbers to TheTruthAboutSolitaire for the simple reason, that it’s that time of year, when Solitaire / Peverel / OM Property Management / Consort – send out our forthcoming bi-yearly service charge invoices. Cue, the shock of new homeowners [...]

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NewsOnTheBlock.com Promoting Downing St Petition

The Downing Street Petition is gathering even more support from many of the leading Property Websites and this time, it’s NewsOnTheBlock that are highlighting the cause! This demonstrates that our cause is a worthy one and we’d like to thank Darren Rossiter for having the idea of setting it up. NewsOnTheBlock also features an interesting interview [...]

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We Need Your Help With Answering FAQ’s

We’re in the process of putting together a list of Frequently Asked Questions “FAQ’s” to help answer those common questions that most of us have, in regards to dealing with Peverel, RTM’s and LVT’s. So if you have a question, that you’d like us to publish and have answered by the other contributors to TheTruthAboutSolitaire, [...]

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How City Heights Won the Battle of Insurance Commissions

We’ve been provided with the following information by residents of City Heights in Nottingham, on how they went about winning the battle of Insurance Commissions / Kickbacks in their LVT Case. We trust that those of you considering LVT action, will take note of this essential information in your LVT battle with Peverel / Solitaire. [...]

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Closing in on 1000 Signatures

Thank you to everyone that has already signed the Downing Street Petition (link available at the top of this page). We are currently upto 988 signatures and are so close to hitting that magic 1000! If you haven’t already done so, bring the petition to the attention of others, for it to gain their support. [...]

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Story of the Bollards… yes Bollards!

We’ve been contacted by the residents of Virginia Quay, in London Docklands who were quoted around £25,000 for the installation of a bollards system at their estate, which apparently actually ended up costing them £82,000! Over 200% more for a bollard system! They told us that the company who installed the system were called ‘Fortress [...]

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Response to Andy’s Comment from Yesterday

Andy from Solitaire kindly contributed to the site for the first time in a long while, with his comments on inaccuracies in the post relating to the City Heights LVT To view his comments click here TheTruthAboutSolitaire only report the facts that the residents in question advise us of and your response, sounds very much like the one [...]

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BBC Nottingham’s Coverage of City Height’s LVT

TheTruthAboutSolitaire has been able to make a recording of the BBC East Midlands Today program, that was aired on the 15 February 2010, that publicised the recent LVT Victory for City Heights Residents. The LVT verdict has resulted in Solitaire / Peverel Property Management, being ordered to reimburse the residents of City Heights in excess [...]

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Residents Going Over Things With A Fine Tooth Comb

Since the revelation of City Height’s LVT success, we have been bombarded with resident associations and residents contacting us for copies of their Determination. We hope that we’ve been able to reply to you all with the information and if we have forgotten to send you the determination, please contact us again! Insurance premiums are [...]

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City Heights Update

Following Friday’s LVT decision at City Heights, it has sparked an interest in media coverage and our source from City Heights has just informed us of the following:- The BBC came to City Heights yesterday afternoon and did some filming. Our judgement is today all over local news and radio. Peverel yesterday banned the BBC [...]

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