Meeting presentations
If you are holding owners' meeting, you may find it useful to download some of these presentations to show to owners via your laptop, tablet, or computer.
If you wish to print these presentations as handouts, be sure to click 'Multiple' on the paper size and handling section of the print menu page - you could use a lot of paper otherwise!
Under One Roof poster
Print off this poster and put it near your building's front door - it will tell people about Under One Roof Scotland and give them a chance to check out their responsibilities before attending a meeting.
Six ways to keep your flat's value
Covers:
- Know your neighbours
- Know your responsibilities
- Maintain your gutters
- Get your building surveyed every five years
- Get professional help
- Save for repairs
Your repair and maintenance responsibilities
Covers:
- Flat owner's responsibilities
- How to find out what you are responsible for
- When to use the Tenements Act
- Additional rules from the Tenements Act
- What is 'maintenance'?
- Common, mutual, and individual repairs
Making decisions about managing and maintaining your flat
Covers:
- What rules apply to your flats?
- Voting
- How many votes do you need
- Who can vote?
- Common, mutual, and individual repairs
Getting the best from your property factor
Covers:
- Do we need a factor?
- Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011
- Working with your factor
- Complaining
- Finding a new factor
- Self-factoring
Working with your co-owners
Covers:
- Know your co-owners and their circumstances
- Communicate with your co-owners
- Deal fairly with your co-owners
- Work with your factor if you have one
- Work with owners who can't/won’t pay
- Set up an owners' association
Dealing with reluctant owners
Covers:
- Know your neighbours
- Follow proper procedures
- Difficult conversations
- Help from your council
- Emergency repairs
- Duty to maintain
- Recovering debts
Financing repairs
Covers:
- Saving for repairs
- Getting loans
- Are there still grants?
- Other financial help
- Keeping accounts
Typical repair problems in stone buildings
Photographs of repair defects commonly found in older stone buildings.
Typical repair problems in newer buildings
Photographs of repair defects commonly found in brick, timber kit, and other new buildings.