Yes, the Deed of Conditions set out the establishment for an Owners' Association. The Association is in turn managed by an Advisory Committee - a group of 9 volunteer residents who take up the task of managing the factor and issues raised by members. The Committee meets on a regular basis and all homeowners on the development are automatically members of the Association.

The Advisory Committee is a volunteer group made of homeowners that give their time to run the Association on behalf of all members. Anyone who is a homeowner is automatically a member of the Association and is entitled to vote.

We will be adding further information about the committee members and what we do shortly.

Yes! The more help the better, and the more voices, the stronger this group becomes. Please contact me or register with this site to participate. Please note, you must be an owner to be able to vote on issues.

Anyone that owns their home on the Brackenhill Park development is automatically a member of the Owners' Association. 

At present, we represent the homeowners in the Stewart Milne (phases 1 and 2) and Bellway homes (phase 1 only). However, this does not mean that we don't also respond to concerns raised by residents in other areas of the development. It is our intention that once the Association is fully up and running, we can extend our representation formally to cover the full development.

In the Deed of Conditions, the Owners' Association is set up to represent and manage the Stewart Milne development (phases 1 and 2), and that of phase 1 of the Bellway development. We do actively listen and act on concerns raised by owners and residents in other neigbouring developments, such as Bellway phase 2 and Barratt homes but we don't yet formally represent those areas. It is our intention to do this after the Association is fully established.

You can send an e-mail to owners@brackenhillpark.org.uk or use our contact form. One of our volunteer members from the Advisory Committee will reply to you as soon as possible.

The property factor is currently Hacking & Paterson Property Services Ltd.

Any issues relating to the upkeep or maintenance of the estate should be raised with the factor. The factor can be contacted by phoning 0141 248 5693 or e-mailing the Property Manager. This should be directed to Murray Irvine - MIrvine@hackingandpaterson.co.uk.

In a nutshell, yes.

The factor is appointed on behalf of the development. The Deed of Conditions very clearly set out that an Owners' Association is above the factor (known as the Manager). All home owners are automatically members, including joint home owners. If 40% of members attend a meeting, or vote on proposals put forth by the Association, then the factor must act as instructed by the majority vote.

Yes. The factor is required to hold an Annual General Meeting at least once per year, and no later than 15 months of the previous AGM. The Association can put forward a motion to change, dismiss or re-tender the property factor. Meetings require a minimum of 40% of members to attend. This can be in-person or online. If there is a majority vote at the meeting, then the motion passes.

Yes, we can. However, you should still raise issues directly with the property factor. Once you have done this, you can then make us aware of an ongoing issue. We use this information to contact the factor on your behalf for further information to assist in getting a resolution. 

We also use this information to keep track of the factor's performance. It is the intention of the advisory committee to hold regular meetings with the factor where they will be asked to give a detailed update on recurring issues, or failures in service.

If you are an owner, or a joint owner of a home, and are listed on the property's title deeds, you can vote. Only one vote can be counted per household though. If you are a joint owner, and you both vote differently, then no votes will be counted from your household.

For development matters, we require a minimum of 40% of the total number of homes to vote in order for a ballot to be recognised. This is currently 116. Once the vote is recognised, the majority vote decides the outcome. Only one vote is counted per household, even if multiple people from that household cast a vote. You shouldn't do this though as it could invalidate your household's vote altogether.

Voting can be done in person at meetings, or we can use online ballots. The Advisory Committee selects the preferred method and outlines this in its minutes and correspondence to members.

Once a vote closes and any invalidated votes are removed, the results will be published on this web site. You will usually find the results under the Documents section.

It's important that all residents on the development are aware of what an Owners' Association is doing. The purpose of this site is to share that information publicly, including those that do not use social media. This web site is not intended to replace the Facebook Group. However, it is intended for only sharing information relating to the Association's activities.

Only home owners / residents are invited to register as a member of this site to be able to take part in discussion, or to post topics of their own.

This web site uses the Voice Online Communities platform, which is free for non-profit organisations. The domain name (brackenhillpark.org.uk) was purchased by Lhyam Sumal for £6 on behalf of (the future) Owners' Association. Going forward, once the Association is properly established, this will be transferred to the Association.