Block management online is a secure software solution that will help you take away some of the hassle of managing blocks of flats. The software is built with flexibility in mind so that you can get the most out if it regardless how you choose to manage your block. For example, as an administrator you have control over who has access and what roles each user has. Enrolling a new user is simple through the User Management page. Just enter the name and email address of the user you wish to enroll and an email will be sent with the new user’s account details. Similarly it is very easy to delete or change the details of users.
User manager and control panel
June 19th, 2010Website manager
June 19th, 2010Despite all the other features the you get from Block Management Online, your investment can almost certainly be justified purely based on the block website that you get. The website as a simple to navigate yet advanced publishing platform. The benefits to leasholders and residents is that information will be available to them at any time and by providing more information this can help to bring the local community together.
You can maintain the public block website from the website manager when you are logged in. From here it is easy to publish news, documents and other information. Here you can also change the design of the block website by the click of a button. No webdesign skills are required so within a minute of getting your Block Management Online account your block can start enjoying the benefits of having a public website.
Block management online key features & benefits
January 5th, 2010Block Management Online helps you manage blocks of flats. By using Block Management Online you can improve the quality of service that you provide to your clients and it makes your work more efficient thereby lowering the overall management effort and cost. Here is a quick summary of the key features and benefits of the service we provide to property managing agents and residents management committees.
Your own block website for news, information and documents and pre-integrated with Google maps for local news and search.
Improved communication with leaseholders and residents by publishing up-to-date newsletters, AGM minutes, accounts, etc.
Reduced management cost and effort by publishing information through the RMC website.
Improved management by maintaining continuity between incoming and outgoing committees.
Improved service for non-resident owners who can stay up-to-date and involved more easily.
Reduced hassle and dependency on others by having all information available to you in one place.
Document Management
November 17th, 2009The document manager helps you to manage your documents easily and securely. It is here that you store documents like insurance documents, company accounts, standing order form or occupier rules, to name a few. In the document manager all documents are displayed in a table showing their name, size, type, creation date and modified date. As you move the mouse pointer over the table a form is shown that enables you to quickly and easily update the information held about each document.
A document’s status can be set to either ‘Public’ or ‘Private’. When it is ‘Private’ it can only be viewed by those that have login access (typically the management committee or company secretary). When the status is set to ‘Public’ the document automatically becomes available on the public block website.
In order to publish a document on the public website, just go to the document manager, click on “Add Document”, set the status to ‘Public’, select document from your computer to upload and click “Submit”. It is that easy!
Secure administration
November 10th, 2009In Block Management Online you maintain information relating to your block securely by logging into the admin area. While you are logged in all transactions are encrypted for privacy and security. As the account owner you have complete control over who else has access and different users can have different roles that you specify. For example, some users may edit the website set-up some others may not. Some users may read draft newsletters and others can have permission to approve and publish.
By having control over who should have access to what you can safeguard against mistakes by untrained users and also helping you to protect your information. Block Management Online is a user friendly system so does not require a lot to get used to but behind the user friendly front you can be re-assured there is an advanced security mechanism in action that means that your data is stored near as securely as your bank stores your financial data.
Improve communication with leaseholders and residents
November 7th, 2009Block Management Online helps you to improve communications with leaseholders and residents. SMS-alerts can help you update residents of problems that you are already aware of in order to avoid getting inundated with calls from anxious residents. Emails are quick to send and means that you can send less formal updates to all leasholders. This is a perfect way to keep non-resident leaseholders, for example, informed about the latest news from the block.
With all the technological advances it is still interesting that we get most positive feedback on our ability to support those with no access to the Internet. It is a fact that there are many people that are not connected and therefore we also offer the ability to generate letter labels and mail merge with template letters.
Of course part of the responsibility of the residents’ management company or property managing agent is to send formal letters in hard copy and as such Block Management Online helps to create these letters with ease, pre-printed with the correct addresses retrieved from the leaseholder database.
Property and leaseholder database for Residents’ Management Companies
November 3rd, 2009Among other things Block Management Online provides an online database register that you can use to store property information and contact details for leaseholders, company directors and other important contacts. By accessing this data online you know that you are always looking at an up-to-date and accurate copy of the information. Using this tool also offers the benefit of maintaining continuity as you can easily go back and look at older data for reference.
For example in the key contacts section you can store the contact information for your providers and suppliers such as insurance companies and trades people. By doing so you don’t have to worry about where the information is – you have all this information stored in one secure location accessible by you from any computer or device that can browse the Internet.
The property database has advanced custom features that makes it easy to specify whether the property is owner occupied, let by owner or agency let. This means that it is easy to find the relevant address or phone number for any matters relating to the property.
As the contacts database is linked with Message centre you can easily create and send emails or print letters to anyone registered in the contacts database. When creating a letter for example you can select the recipients from a list extracted from the contacts database.
All these functions have been developed in close relationship with property managaing agents and residents’ management companies in order to make the management task easier and improve communication with all stakeholders.
Websites for RMC
October 24th, 2009With the Block management online service you instantly get a fully featured website for your residents’ management company by the click of a button. No technical skill is required and you can still easily tailor your RMC website so that it contains information and photos relevant only to your block.
The website templates that we offer are stylish and simple to navigate while providing advanced features such as embedded community forum and up-to-date local information. All features are designed to improve communication with the members of the community and reduce your administrative overhead.
A website for your RMC will benefit you by acting as a point of contact and a place to publish important information and documents. For example, if relevant documents such as insurance policies, standing order mandates, annual returns and accounts, AGM meeting minutes, etc can be published on the website and thus reducing the amount of requests you get for these types of documents.
Please visit the Bailey Mews management company website for an example of a website style that is provided out-of-the-box by Block management online. The Bailey Mews website is at http://www.baileymews.co.uk
If you have specific requirements for how you want your RMC or block websites to look then we are more than happy to create custom designs for you. This is popular among Property Managing Agents who see this as an opportunity to create more brand exposure.
Please contact us today on 07930 421117 or email sales@blockmanagementonline.com for a quote and to arrange a demonstration!
New Block Management Online flyer
October 7th, 2009If you are looking for some print-collateral explaining our service then you can click on the link below. The flyer gives an overview of the Block management online service and, if you wish, you may download and print this to show to prospective clients or colleagues.
Visit Flat Living magazine at the ARMA Conference 2009 and save £50
October 7th, 2009Block Management Online have teamed up with Flat Living magazine to provide the most comprehensive offering available in the leasehold market. We aim to become THE place to go for information, suppliers, products, or support in the leasehold sector. Please visit the Flat Living stand in the property village at the ARMA Conference for more information.
To celebrate we offer the following time limited discount. Sign up using the discount code “ARMA2009″ and receive £50 off an already low price AND get a free one year subscription for the quarterly Flat Living magazine. Offer ends 30th November 2009








