Spreading Paine: the freeholds owned by Martin Paine and his wife (Margaret) Anne Kirmond

Comments

1. Leaseholder

   March 10, 2016 at 9:04 am

   Thank you for posting this list. Very useful. I wonder how to do a similar search for our freehold/ managing companies. If I knew which buildings they owe or manage, we could compare notes

2. Paul Joseph

   March 10, 2016 at 9:26 am

   So these people are worth millions, perhaps tens of millions, and yet they have no compunction about engaging in predatory scams driven by the basest greed and willingness to engage in the immoral exploitation of other human beings. What would constitute ENOUGH for these people? One wonders if this is even the full picture. What are the chances of interests in companies in the British Virgin Islands? (See http://www.unmaskthecorrupt.org & http://www.private-eye.co.uk/registry).

   Surely it is time for some research to establish how many landlords like this there are in the UK and to quantify the effects on the lives of the millions of ordinary citizens struggling to afford a home. I don’t believe the Conservatives are going to do this. [REDACTED …] members of the party and donors, like Vincent Tchenguiz, whose property management companies became so notorious for malpractice.

   I hope that LKP has passed on this information to Transparency International, which is looking at tax dodging and related behaviour in the UK property market, surely the most corrupt and most protected by entrenched interests in the world. If the electorate could actually see what is going on they might insist on change.

3. Michael Hollands

   March 10, 2016 at 9:50 pm

   I notice that some of these properties have a 999 year lease. I hope that there is no clause in the Conditions to double the Ground Rent on these every ten years.

4. Paul Joseph

   March 11, 2016 at 9:06 am

   Mr Paine if you are reading this I recommend the Thought for the Day on Radio 4 this morning for your consideration. It’s about what is legal but dishonourable.

   • Leaseholder

     March 11, 2016 at 10:24 pm

     It would be preferable to see change in legislation, rather than reliance on the freeholder’s goodwill. A lot of freeholds are currently owned by faceless overseas company’s and dodgy non doms who could not give a hoot about anyone’s honour.

   • Victim of Paine

     March 19, 2016 at 3:40 pm

     We are recent victims of this man . We bought our first flat and he had managed to sneak a clause in that raised the ground rent to £15000 a year. The flat is now worthless .
     I have met with a group of others who are all victims – there are perhaps 6 -7 that I know of
     Who can help us? ….

     If you had looked on google a year ago you would have seen that he has been in court numerous times [REDACTED …] including the ground rent scam . He has recently managed to delete the articles from google as a recent change in the law enables him to do this .
     We are all seeking legal advice but what we really want is this man struck off/locked up so he can no longer destroy peoples lives !!

     Martin Paine if you are reading this ..your luck will soon run out !

5. Terry Taylor

   March 17, 2016 at 10:34 pm

   has there been any progress on returning the Blythe Court flats lease charges to an acceptable level yet.
   I see that one of the flats has a “Sold” sign on it

   • admin

     March 19, 2016 at 4:28 pm

     Yes, we understand Paine has offered £250 a year ground rent to those facing far more than this.

     But the matter is being negotiated between the residents’ solicitor and the Paines, and we are uninvolved.

     • Johnson

       April 11, 2016 at 9:20 am

       admin do you have any more news on this.

       are there any developments.