Braemar Estates provides property management services including block management, portfolio management, and commercial property management. They manage over 3,200 residential units across the UK, as well as office buildings, hotels, and retail properties. Braemar Estates uses an online portal called Propman Web to provide account services and building information to customers.

1. A New Approach to Property Management 2011

2. Brooks Macdonald Group
BM Group BM Funds Braemar Estates
Asset Management Niche real estate Residential block
Financial Consulting funds, grounds rents management
Funds under management and agricultural land Portfolio/Lettings
2.97bn Risk weighted unitised management
FoFs

3. Braemar Estates – A Holistic Approach
Residential Block
Management
Portfolio Management of developments/
Accounts / Co
Management comprehensive range of services Secretarial
tailored to meet requirements
Letting/rent collection for individual Credit control / accounts / company
apartment units accounts filing
Facilities
Advisory Services Management (FM)
Preferred supplier network
Ownership / service charge
disputes / tribunal cases
On-Line Access Commercial Property
Management
Customer web-access for live Office building management
property and account information

4. Residential Block Management
Braemar Estates is the appointed block manager for the Beetham Towers in Manchester & Birmingham.
10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham Beetham Tower, Manchester
39 Storeys with 153 residential units above 47 Storeys – 219 residential units above the Hilton Deansgate Hotel.
the Birmingham Radisson Blu Hotel. The tallest building in the UK outside of London standing at 555 ft.

5. Existing Portfolio
Castlegate, Manchester
Braemar Estates is the appointed managing agent for both the
Masshouse 173 unit residential development in Birmingham city
centre) and the 84 unit canal-side Castlegate building in central
Manchester.
Masshouse, Birmingham

6. Existing Portfolio
Braemar Estates acts on behalf of a wide range of clients,
ranging for individual private investors to large institutions.
The Bank, Bristol The Durrell Arms

7. Block Management Case Study – Castlegate, Manchester
Development of 84 luxury apartments
occupying one of the best locations in the city with
superb views over the water to the castle field basin.
April 2009
BERL began managing the development, inheriting a
situation of service charge deficits, a high level of debt
peaking at over £35k and a considerable number of
unhappy residents.
Our strategy was to engage with the residents and work
with them to focus on top quality service delivery and
active cost management.
Today – Significant turnaround
Development is 100% occupied with high approval ratings
£13k surplus of income over expenditure and reserve
funds in excess of £100k in the financial year to March
2011 and debtors for only £587.

8. Block Management Case Study – No 1 Deansgate, Manchester
Braemar Estates acts on behalf of CBRE Investors (CBREI) to
provide building management audit and advisory services at No. 1
Deansgate, Manchester. The building is a 13 storey luxury
residential development comprising 83 apartments with six retail
units on the ground floor.
Image courtesy of Stockley Engineers
Preparation of a report on historic service charge
expenditure and preliminary audit of accounts
Recovery of overpaid invoices in excess of £100k
Budget reconciliations
Full compliance review and report
Recovery of c.£12k of overpaid VAT
Rejection of a proposed RTM (Right To Manage) application
Deficit analysis and justification
Future management proposals (incorporating “best practice”)
Section 20 Consultation and implications
Recommendation of strategy to implement “inclusive”
management with residents; and negotiation of framework to
allow landlord to recover substantial service charge arrears

9. Portfolio Management
Beetham Tower, Manchester Gateway, Leeds 10 Holloway Circus, Birmingham

10. Special Projects
Braemar Estates acts on behalf of Zolfo Cooper,
administrators of Millennium Estates, to provide expertise
in bringing together all elements of building management to
ensure Alexandra Tower is run efficiently.
The building is a prominent new development on
Liverpool’s historic waterfront. The 25 storey building
contains 201 apartments and a 4,000 sq ft ground floor
commercial area.
Alexandra Tower, Princes Parade, Liverpool

11. Special Projects
West Tower, Liverpool
Braemar Estates is working with Grant Thornton on the Block and
Portfolio Management of this landmark development containing 123
residential units, a restaurant on 34th floor and 4 floors of Grade A office
space.
Braemar Estates has successfully let the residential portion of the
building delivering outstanding occupancy and rental growth. This has
provided increased levels of income to the underlying commercial
lender.
West Tower, Liverpool

12. Existing Portfolio
Block Management of 82 developments
Blocks contain approximately 3,200 individual units
Over 600 individual units under portfolio
management for a range of individual and
Aberdeen
institutional investors
National coverage
Edinburgh
Ayr
Harrogate
Manchester Hull
Leeds
Liverpool
Nottingham
Colwyn Bay
East Anglia
Birmingham
Reading London
Bristol
Hampshire
Uckfield

13. Propman Web Portal
Braemar Online, an online
portal, provides account
services and building
information for a faster and
more efficient service.
A bespoke property
management system with
customer web-access in real
time for secure property and
account information.

14. Propman Web Portal
Online account management.
Personal service charge account
and general property information.
Client Web Portal
Tenant Web Portal

15. Commercial Portfolio - Hotels

16. Commercial Portfolio - Retail

17. Contacts
Call us to discuss:
These buildings represent a sample of properties under management
with Braemar Estates. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss
your property.
Please call or email:
Henry Powell-Jones, Business Development Manager
Tel: 07557 851319
Email: henry.powell-jones@braemar-estates.co.uk