Block Management Billericay | Managing Agent, Flats & Estates

In short

Essex Block Management manages blocks of flats and estates of houses in Billericay and nearby, including Great Burstead, Stock and Ramsden Heath, from our office in Chelmsford. Full management is £240 a flat a year plus VAT, minimum £2,400, with a named manager, four site visits a year and the service charge held in a client account in your building's own name. We are regulated by RICS and members of The Property Ombudsman. Billericay is in Basildon borough, where nearly one household in five lives in a flat.

Billericay has smaller apartment blocks around the High Street and station, many of them managed by residents' companies of a handful of flats, alongside larger estates on the edge of town. Small blocks get the same service as large ones with us: four visits a year and a named manager, with our minimum fee as the only floor.

Many boards here are between Basildon and Brentwood agents and have found that a small building gets little attention from a large firm. That is the gap we exist to fill.

01The buildings we look after in Billericay

Small apartment blocks around the High Street and station. Buildings of six to twenty flats, too small for a large agent to notice. The work is a named manager and four visits a year, whatever the size.
Houses converted into flats. Two to six flats, usually a residents' company with two directors. Director Desk suits these boards from £895 a year.
Private estates on the edge of town. Shared roads and open space run through a management company and an estate charge.

Billericay falls under Basildon Council, whose planning and building control teams we deal with when repairs need consent.

02What the tribunal has decided on Billericay buildings

Building	What happened	What the tribunal decided
Hawkley House, Chapel Street CAM/22UB/LSC/2025/0727, 2026	Arrears and administration charges claimed from a former owner.	The landlord ignored the tribunal's directions and was barred. Nothing was payable.
Hawkley House, Chapel Street CAM/22UB/LSC/2023/0040, 2025	Two flats disputed service charges of £511.76 and £3,966.16.	The landlord could not recover its costs of the case through the service charge or as an administration charge, and had to repay the owners' tribunal fees.
Regency House, Station Court CAM/22UB/LAC/2022/0005, 2023	After the leaseholders took over under right to manage, the landlord charged each of the six flats £60 a year to collect the ground rent.	Not payable. Fee refunded.
Langthornes, Stock Road CAM/22UB/LIS/2019/0011, 2019	Buildings insurance that rose from £12,310 in 2007 to £31,500 in 2016.	The earlier years were allowed as market rates. For 2017 the tribunal set £12,205.21, from other insurers' quotes, against £23,044.80 charged.

From decisions of the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), Eastern region, published on GOV.UK. Search a case reference there to read the decision in full.

03What we take from them

Billericay's cases are small blocks with big disputes. A landlord who will not engage with the tribunal loses by default, as at Hawkley House. Insurance has to stand up against other insurers' prices, as at Langthornes. And a board that takes over under right to manage should check what the old landlord keeps billing for, as the six flats at Regency House did. We give every board the insurance quotes we obtained and a written report of every visit.

Billericay is in Basildon borough, where 14,188 households, 18.6%, lived in a flat at the 2021 census. Census 2021, Office for National Statistics.

04Block and estate management in Billericay

We look after blocks of flats and estates of houses across Billericay and the villages around it, including Great Burstead, Wickford, Basildon, Brentwood and Stock. Every building has a named manager with a direct line, four site visits a year on full management, a client bank account in the building's own name, and every question answered in writing.

Our fees. Full management £240 a flat a year, minimum £2,400. Director Desk £895 a year for two to six flats, then £110 a flat. Estates of houses £100 a home for the first hundred homes and £40 after that, minimum £1,000. All plus VAT, twelve-month rolling agreement, three months' notice. How our fees work.

05Block management, not lettings

Most firms that come up for property management in Billericay are letting agents, who look after one landlord's flat and its tenant. Block management is different. We act for the residents' company, the right to manage company or the freeholder that runs the whole building: the shared parts, the service charge and the company itself.

06Changing managing agent in Billericay

Boards stay with agents who do not answer because switching sounds hard. It is not, if it is done in order: read the notice clause, get written quotations, resolve it at a board meeting, serve notice, and hand over. How to change managing agent sets out each step. We publish the handover checklist we send an outgoing agent and the three letters a board needs, and the free switching pack puts it all in one PDF.

07Other areas we cover

08Questions

Is Billericay too small for you?

No. We have no minimum number of flats, only a minimum fee: £2,400 a year for full management or £895 a year for Director Desk, plus VAT.

Do you cover Great Burstead and Stock?

Yes, and Wickford and the villages around Billericay.

How much does block management cost in Billericay?

£240 a flat a year plus VAT for full management, with a £2,400 minimum. Director Desk, for boards who run the building themselves, is £895 a year for two to six flats and £110 a flat above that. Estates of houses are £100 a home for the first hundred homes and £40 after that, minimum £1,000.

Who manages blocks of flats in Billericay?

Essex Block Management is a RICS regulated managing agent based in Chelmsford. Full management is £240 a flat a year plus VAT (minimum £2,400), with a named manager, four site visits a year and the service charge held in a client account in the building's own name. We manage residents' management companies, right to manage companies and freeholders' buildings in Billericay.

How do I choose a managing agent in Billericay?

Ask four things in writing: the fee per flat and every charge on top of it, whether the firm is regulated by RICS and protects client money, who your named manager will be and how many buildings they run, and how often they visit. A firm that will not put its fee in writing before a meeting is worth questioning.

How do we change managing agent for our block in Billericay?

Check the notice clause in your current management agreement, usually one to three months, then serve notice in writing from the company that appointed the agent. The new agent arranges the handover of the money, accounts and records. Our free switching pack has the letters and the handover checklist.

Have Billericay service charges been challenged at tribunal?

Yes. At Langthornes on Stock Road the tribunal set a year's insurance at £12,205.21 against £23,044.80 charged, and at Regency House a £60 a flat charge for collecting ground rent after right to manage was found not payable.

Block management in Billericay