Property Maintenance Timeline


Reverse Chronological Timeline of actions and decisions

2026 September 2 -  Notice of Scheme Decision and Notice of Payment letters issued via email regarding the payment of F3 Surveyors Professional Fees (£360.21 per property). 

2026 August - new 'repair' created in Novoville for F3 Professional fees.  Acceptance of Declaration and votes for trader gathered.

2026 August 17 - Online meeting with ESRS regarding documents and evidence required. Each property was emailed requesting a reply by email with agreement to the subission of a claim.  This is in lieu of physical signatures from all 14 properties. 

2026 August 14 - 60% of payments made

2026 August 13 - conversation with ESRS - virtual meeting scheduled for Monday 17th

2026 August 6 - 46% of funds gathered

2026 July - Gather money into the Modulr account - 30% at 31 July 2026

2026 July 20 - Notice of Scheme Decision and Notice of Payment issued for both 

2026 July 14 - Interim Invoice to F3 paid via Novoville

2026 July - Gather money for Interim Invoice into the Modulr account

2026 July 5 - Notice of Payment issued for Interim Invoice (Notice of Scheme Decision is covered by September's appointment of F3). (£169.96 per property)

2026 June - a new 'repair' added to Novoville to cover the F3 Interim Invoice 6164. 

2026 June 15 - Interim Invoice from F3 issued

2026 June 11 - Polls open in WhatsApp Group to vote on Contractors for Package B & Package C - majority achieved for each by 15 June 2026. 

2026 June 10 - update issued 

2026 June 3 - Zoom meeting to review the report on work required.

2026 May 11 - Tenders returned and compared - Tender Report (B) and Tender Check (C)

2026 March 31 - Package A - Downpipes cleared - separate arrangement - £19.69 payable direct to Joh.

2026 March/April - Site visits by Contractors, proposals submitted. 

2026 March 24 - Works put out to Tender by F3.

2026 Feb 9 - Zoom meeting with David Bonar to review Scope of Works to be Tendered 

2026 Feb 2 - Update issued (here)

2026 Jan - Works Scoped by F3 

2026 Jan 6 - Zoom meeting with David Bonar of F3 - (notes here)

2025 Dec 20 - Payment to F3 Surveyors for validation survey (£72.69 per property)

2025 Dec 18 - Appointment of F3 Surveyors to undertake the scoping, prioritising, tendering

2025 December 2025 10/11 - Emergency work by Dunwell's to clear gutters - £96.00 payment per property paid direct to Sharon Saffery.

2025 Dec 7 - F3 Validation Report issued with recommendations and estimated costings

2025 Dec 3 - Major flooding into 3F2, 3F1, 2F1 - down electricity cable.

2025 Nov 17 - F3 Drone Survey undertaken

2025 Nov 3 - F3 Surveyors - validation survey takes place

2025 Sep 24 - Notice of Scheme Decision issued to Appoint F3 Surveyors to act on our behalf to Prioritise, Scope, Tender and Manage the works as well as Notice of Payment for fees. £72.69 per property

2025 July 30  - Zoom Meeting - notes

2025 July 22 - F3 Surveyors attend for site visit

2025 July - Trying to identify a surveyor who is both willing and able to take on the work of Scoping, Prioritisting, Tendering, and Managing our work etc. (Eala, Mill Architects, David Narro, F3 Surveyors, Under One Roof etc) 

2025 July 2 - Zoom meeting - notes

2025 June 19 - Timberwise exposure inspection - paid by 3F2 and 2F2  

2025 June 18 - Zoom meeting: review DM Hall Report and re-elect BSORA committee. (see notes)

2025 May 23 - Inspection of property at 3F2 by Timberwise at owner's request and personal expense. Report recommendation is for a further exposure inspection of 3F2, 2F2, 3F1 and 2F1.  (3F1 and 2F1 declined).

2025 April 24 - Full Building Survey Report finally received from DM Hall. 

2025 March 6 - Full Building Survey by DM Hall takes place 

2025 Feb - Chasing final payment - confirm dates with DM Hall

2024 Nov - Payment via Novoville of full building survey (£162.84 per property)

2024 Oct - Request Full Building Report from D M Hall

2024 Sep - Vote via Novoville for a refreshed 'Full Building Survey' - Majority vote for DM Hall

2024 August - 'Repair' added to Novoville Gather quotes for a 'Full Building Survey'. Quotes requested from David Narro, We are GLM, Eala, DM Hall) 

2024 July 10 - Majority of owners join Novoville app - recommended for use by City of Edinburgh Council.

2024 June 20 - More significant flooding to 3F2 (at least) - Invite and encourage neighbours to join Novoville app. 

2021 May - Significant water ingress to 3F2 (at least) - resulting in emergency repairs by Weatherseal - £30 per property   

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2013 07 and 08 - water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2013 01 28 - significant amounts of water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2012 10 19 - very significant amounts of water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2012 08 29 - significant amounts of water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2012 07 04 - very significant amounts of water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2012 06 09 - significant amounts of water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2011 07 21 - water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2011 06 28 - quote from Bolton's

2011 05 09 - water leaking into 3F2 (at least)

2011 02 10 -  invoice from AO Blair for emergency repair - £34.28 per property

2011 02 18 - email letter - notice of emergency work in 3F3

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2007 05 23 - email from John (3F3) ref emergency repairs  - £320 per property

2007 02 08 - stair meeting ref water leaking into 3F3

2006 02      - rhones cleaned

2005 11      - rhones blocked - water leaking in  - more quotes chose Ronald Graham - £25 per property

2005 11 20 - stair meeting

2005 09 22 - Local Meeting on Edinburgh Safe Buildings Initiative

2003 08      - Door entry repair

2001 10 18 - Skyline Roofing - repair Cupola and clean rhones £65.46 per property.

2001 08      - more leaks - more quotes

1999 01 28 - stat notice for boundary wall (£226.96 invoiced 2006 12 07)

1998 06 30 - Bolton's cleared the gutters £7.75 per property.

1998 04 26 - leaking roof - contacted R&S  - rhones blocked

1997 10 20 - Date of completion of Dry Rot Eradication contract by Richardson and Starling (Guaranteed for 30 years from date of completion)  Total paid £7,364.90 (£526 per property)

1997 09 29 - even further dry rot spread - another £35 per property

1997 09 26 - Regular Stair Cleaning initiated £6 per flat

1997 09 24 - dry rot spread - a further £125 per property required

1997 09 23 - R&S work

1997 09 08 - Richardson & Starling Dry Rot Eradication work commences involving removal of ceilings and major disruption to 3F2 and 3F3.

1997 07 13 - stair meeting to review additional quotes ref old wet rot - from McFadyen Prservation and Richardson & Starling plus Apex.  Majority agreement to use R&S. £50 deposit plus £325 per property.

1997 04 24 - Statutory Notice served for repair and maintenance to a boundary wall in the garden - sorted ourselves by 1997 September 05 £13 each.

1997 02 10 - Bolton's carried out basic repair/cleaning work - £28.80 per property.

1996 12 01 - stair meeting to review reports - agree Bolton's do basic work while more quotes gathered

1996 10 28 - Apex undertook exploratory/exposure work - £13.50 each.

1996 09 25 - Apex inspection to 3F2 recommending further exposure

1996 08 20 - Quote from Bolton's to check slates, clean rhones etc - accepted.

1996 08 09 - Apex inspected

1996 07 29 - stair meeting - issues discussed included roof, stair cleaning, intercom, front steps, garden, stairwell.

1996 07 24 - leaking roof in 3F2 - emergency visit by Albert Street Roofing: £2.85 per prpoperty.

1995 04 14  - Apex Property Care inspected  - some old wet rot identified, further inspection recommended.

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1991 Jul 17 - Notice of Repairs Grant of £5850 by City of Edinburgh

(Some major work did take place in the 70's/80's - if anyone can provide any further information please let me know) 

1891 Oct 21 - Disposition recorded to Robert Kinnear

c 1888 - building constructed

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