Woodilee Residents Association
Welcome to the web site for the Woodilee Residents Association. Woodilee village is a new development from a consortium of builders and is located in East Dunbartonshire, lying between Lenzie and Kirkintilloch on the site of an old hospital estate. The association was formed in late 2017 and works with residents and the factor on a range of initiatives to help improve the environment and amenities.
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At the last WRA AGM a number of residents joined and expressed openly their frustration with the service provided by our current factor for the wider Woodilee estate (RMG) who were appointed by the consortium of developers when the estate was first built. RMG were in attendance and made verbal promises to progress to resolution the issues raised. Similar frustrations and feedback were passed on by the outgoing WRA committee members. The new WRA members (as a Committee) made a decision at this time to work with RMG and seek improvement over a short time frame. That promised improvement unfortunately hasn’t materialised. Today the WRA sent on a formal complaint to RMG. Attached was a detailed fact based assessment of their performance against their own documented service commitments. One of our Committee members spent considerable time over the festive period writing up this detailed and valuable document. As we want to give RMG the right to respond (as per their quoted 10 day complaints procedure timeline) I cannot share the report publicly just now. This formal complaint follows a similar one made by the outgoing WRA Chair in 2018.![]()
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The WRA would like to progress a “phased” approach to remediating our current factoring issues. PHASE 1 is to seek a wider feedback from residents on their engagement with RMG and whether they would support voting to empower the WRA to replace them (should they fail to meet their own service commitments within a reasonable period of time).![]()
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PHASE 2 would be to formally run a voting process to make that decision. In advance of this the WRA would provide residents with further information on RMGs performance to date and the logistical and financial aspects of any switch. The powers to appoint another factor would also be caveated with constraints around cost and other aspects to ensure the WRA does not replace the current factor with a factor that costs a lot more.![]()
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Should residents vote to empower the WRA to determine who factors the estate going forward we would intend to open discussions with a select group of alternative factors and compare their offering with what RMG have provided and provide at that time (including any uplift in performance). PHASE 3 - Termination, selection and appointment of a new factor OR retention of existing factor would sit with the WRA.![]()
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Please note that performance observations relate to the property management service not the 3rd party vendors who provide services to the factor for the benefit of residents such as grounds maintenance. Clearly management and measurement of 3rd party vendors is a key factoring service but I just wanted to make that clear.![]()
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I would also flag that a number of streets within the Cala Ph2 development are classed as Oxgangs and NOT part of RMG’s Woodilee Village factoring contract. They have a separate contract with RMG. Further, many of the blocks of flats have separate contracts with RMG for factoring services related specifically to the flats. This is in addition to the fees paid by these flat owners for RMG’s management of the wider estate. The clock tower flats have previously replaced RMG for this factoring service (which included also the grounds specific to the Clocktower) as have one of the blocks of flats on Rutherford Drive. I raise this as I think many residents are not aware of the factoring arrangements and accountabilities in place across the wider estate.![]()
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To help us assess resident’s appetite to empower the WRA to progress this agenda, can you respond in the comments below with YES or NO based on whether you would support such a proposal if presented in future as a formal vote. We also welcome feedback in general or concerns. Alternatively email your thoughts/feedback/concerns to feedback@woodilee.org![]()
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This communication is also available on the WRA website:![]()
www.woodilee.org.uk/woodilee-factoring-service/![]()
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Woodilee Factoring Service – Woodilee Residents Association
www.woodilee.org.uk
Woodilee Factoring Service 22nd January 202122nd January 2021 by Ewan Miller At the last WRA AGM a number of residents joined and expressed openly their frustration with the service provided by our cu...
Minutes from the last committee meeting in mid December:![]()
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www.woodilee.org.uk/committee-meeting-cm2020-12b/
Committee Meeting CM2020-12b – Woodilee Residents Association
www.woodilee.org.uk
Committee Meeting CM2020-12b 5th January 20215th January 2021 by Gordon Jahn Committee Meeting CM2020-12b took place on 15th December 2020 via Microsoft Teams. Content from this meeting can be found b...
All - the Residents Association has been made aware of the ever increasing use of the MUGA (basketball courts) by a commercial fitness vendor called Unique Fitness (based in Stepps). A number of residents have raised concerns about the sheer volume of classes preventing access to residents, the number of cars entering and parking in the estate to attend the classes, the crossing of council boundaries during covid restriction periods, wear and tear on the facility which residents pay to upkeep and concerns around a commercial enterprise claiming the MUGA and aspects of liability insurance. The MUGA is part of the common land of the estate and is paid for by residents and managed by RMG. RMG are aware. The commercial vendor has sought no permission or engagement with either the residents association or RMG. Would be interested in views from residents on whether they have issue with these classes or they actually attend them.