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THOM042

The red flag as far as I’m concerned is that statistics are regularly provided in figures, graphs, pie charts and in person presentations and assurances are given that these are all accurate. These figures are usually the ones which show the management in good light but there aren’t answers for the ...

THOM042

What you have to remember Stuart is that “ they are working on it” !
Translated this possibly means that they know the answer but haven’t yet figured out how to respond positively to the straightforward question which you asked at both the 2024 and 2025 AGM’s
Unacceptable of course, considering ...

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A heads up for those who have never done this before, tread carefully when exchanging your LRHC week for another.
You might find that you have banked a very good week which you will have paid for obviously but when it comes to arranging the exchange week you might just have undesirable early Spring ...

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Having read the last couple of responses, my view is that the lack of an adequate response by the GM to specific relevant questions re rentals / profit etc is both unsatisfactory to all owners and an insult to anyone’s intelligence. An owner has quite properly asked a question re finances at the ...

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Don’t know, however, I’m sure that if you telephone or email the LRHC office/ admins some of the highly paid employees will assist you with your enquiry

THOM042

You would be a very good addition to the Committee Stuart, unfortunately I will not be able to vote for you.
The flawed Committee assertion that “ Term owners do not have any long term interest in the club” will likely now become a reality and only because of the deplorable discrimination they have ...

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I recently received the email which allows Term owners to see or read what happened at the AGM. The sound quality on the video was not good enough to follow however I did read the full transcript or minutes of the AGM .
I say this because as we all know, all Term owners were excluded from attending ...

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The LRHC office is now , quite properly, contacting all Term owners who are in the last year of their contract to establish if they will be renewing a contract for another Term.
The response from me was a definite negative as I am very dissatisfied with the way that Term owners have been treated in ...

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One of these questions which will probably never be answered.
I do know however, that when the 2026 AGM takes place there will definitely be at least 1 Term owner less than this year

THOM042

Interesting, however a significant number of owners are completely uninformed of what happened at the AGM.
These are Term owners who have been stripped of most of their rights including attendance at the AGM or proposing or voting on a resolution.
The club has decided to treat Term owners in an ...

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It would indeed be good if all paid up owners were allowed to be in attendance at the AGM instead of a significant number ( Term owners) being treated like lepers. A more blatant discrimination you could not get
however thats what LRHC has now become.
However people are not stupid and Term owners on ...

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And so the LRHC commitee now progresses to the 1st AGM since they have effectively discriminated against all Term owners, who now no longer have many rights.
They are all now barred from voting or attending an AGM, proposing a resolution, serving on Committee or basically anything other than ...

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Indeed Stuart . I am extremely dissapointed with the Committee inspired resolution in this respect and in particular with John who I previously respected completely. As the Chairman who presided over last year’s resolution, which I still fail to understand he must take the responsibility for this ...

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There are indeed so many unanswered questions, Stuart however a significant number of LRHC owners no longer have the right to ask any questions by virtue of the fact that they are barred from attending a general meeting of club owners and are therefore silenced without any recourse.
I refer of ...

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You would be doing extremely well to be able to sell a timeshare week for £350. Most owners are unable to give away their week(s) for free. Reason being that nobody in this day and age will understandably sign up to in perpetuity time share. It is a thing of the past.
Its the same reason why LRHC ...

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I believe that most owners do care or at least have the interests of the well being of the club in mind.
A significant portion of owner’s have however been alienated since the 2024 AGM. The commitee inspired resolution submitted to the AGM to strip all Term owners of the right to vote, the right to ...

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Call me a cynic if you like but I suspect that the net profit from sales is in fact known to the inner circle but probably for reasons of poor performance there is a reluctance or refusal to publish the true figures.
I can only speak for myself and personally , as an owner , I would prefer to be ...

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If you do manage to sell up, then maybe you could pass on some tips to the club on how to achieve this ?
There is to be a 3 day seminar soon specifically for this purpose and all input is welcome I believe.

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So now Term owners have no voting rights, cannot submit a resolution at the AGM and in fact cannot even attend an AGM. In contrast non owners can and do attend AGM’s usually accompanying a spouse, partner or a close family member. On occasions non owners have been allowed to speak and ask questions ...

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Term ownership deals are / were fine and were considered to be fine by Committee in the past however last year there was a sudden change of direction resulting in the Committee inspired resolution at the AGM which effectively strips Term owners of all rights except the right to occupy the weeks ...

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Why does this not surprise me. We were already half way there after the resolution at last year’s AGM whereby Term owners were effectively stripped of their previous rights to vote or even attend an AGM or indeed the right to submit a resolution.
There a distinct autocratic atmosphere about the club ...

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Not surprised that the local population in a small rural community are unhappy with this development.
Most logical and rational people would assume that the Directors and employed management of the club would put the club interests as their main priority and not personal interests.
After the ...

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I’ve never had an issue with the truth but its clear that others do.
Redact whatever is deemed to be necessary but it does not alter the truth.
I will now leave this where it belongs.

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Having done my own research, I have now identified the property being referred to and all I can say is shame on all those involved. [Removed]
No more than what you’d expect of course

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Must have money to burn since if this was a recent purchase then it attracts Additional dwelling Supplement at 8% of the purchase price and even more if the value of the property is greater than the specified threshold.
Not really a good business prospect for most people.
If however the property ...

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Some things just don’t seem to add up. The poor sales record at LRHC is nothing new and a few have repeatedly raised this issue over many years both on the forum and at AGM’s. So why has it now all come to a head which requires a 3 day conference when in fact a half day discussion or perhaps a cost ...

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Re poor sales: it doesn’t come as any surprise to me , the Committee having decided to alienate Term
Owners and strip them of all rights other than to occupy the week which they pay for. Term ownership was a good seller previously for obvious reasons but that will most probably no longer apply due ...

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A fully accurate summary of events?
You decide

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Yes on 23rd Aug. To care about the club there’s a need to exercise effective control on where the money’s going.
Money which has been paid in by owner’s and in some cases non owners who have rented lodges

THOM042

Goodness that’s truly shocking because there is no grey area. A RAAC / asbestos survey has either been completed or it has not. An unqualified guy from the pub giving it the once over does not fulfill the criteria for an asbestos or RAAC survey either and qualified persons would cost many thousands ...

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While there’s clearly a catch 22, this must then be the million dollar question presumably.
If there was RAAC present then a structural engineer would obviously need to be paid to do a survey and report back and a risk assessment done urgently for safety reasons.
In much of the RAAC affected houses ...

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Presumably you ( MCPH003) must be the owner of an in perpetuity week judging by your description of payment arrangements to the club.
If you were a term owner you wouldn’t have this issue since maintenance fees etc are paid upfront at the commencement of the term.
Term ownership however has lost its ...

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Its a reasonable question and one for which there must be a definitive answer.
I did notice the jaw dropping wages bill for the portakabin team in the figures produced at the AGM.
I wonder if anyone else picked up on that ?
Might even apply for a job.
My credentials are quite good and credibility ...

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One would have thought that there would be a definitive answer to the question: “ is there RAAC present in the construction of any of the lodges” ?
I personally do not know the answer but someone at LRHC must know the answer

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As if by magic, the historic newsletters are available once more.

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Possibly stock answers copied and pasted from a list and then tweaked here and there to make it look like a genuine response.
Could be wrong about that though

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Try again this March, Stuart.
You might stand a chance of getting an answer one year on, especially since you are a valued perpetuity owner.
Your input is valued

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Nope, nobody knows and nobody remotely cares

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I’d agree with these comments and wish them well.
If they focus on the well being of the club instead of listening to flannel then it bodes well for the future.
Wonder though how the Committee member now feels who had cast doubts on the incoming committee member’s integrity now that he is appointed ...

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RAAC ! Now that would be a game changer if present in the development. I originally left the area prior to the development being created in 1974 but RAAC was still commonly used in new developments in that era.
I don’t however recall RAAC being mentioned before at LRHC and it usually refers to use ...

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The newsletters from April 2024 to December 2024 are all missing from the website, despite having been available before.
Newsletters prior to April 2024 are available however.
Does anyone know the reason for this ?

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Its been a cold snap alright and suffice to say I’ve not been near LRHC , being a warm weather visitor.
I rarely need the heating on in June.
I would imagine however that the lodges will be warm enough but can’t imagine how much a week’s electricity would come to at this time

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Term owners are now being treated like lepers with no rights whatsoever other than the right to occupy their lodge(s) .
Strangely enough term owners actually pay more for their week ( like for like) than perpetuity owners unless the maintenance fees rocket toward the end of the contracted term.
Not ...

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Lets not be surprised if there’s a pie chart / graph presentation designed to make a poor result look good.
Perhaps a bit of accompanying motivational speech play and everyone will be very happy for another year.
All the bad stuff conveniently glossed over and another self congratulation PR ...

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My thoughts too Ronnie. I think Stuart’s comments on the installation of 85 x coffee machines at LRHC is a fair summary of the situation and as far as I know, no clarification has been made to date regarding how this has come about or what the catch is.
Who decided to do this ? Was it approved by ...

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A very minor observation. ………. I don’t quite get the need to be installing Nespresso machines in the lodges when there’s far more important issues to be resolved first.
In fact I’ve always been happy to just bring a jar of Nescafe and a box of teabags to a self catering but then that’s just how I am.

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I got as far as the registration which Ive completed but still can’t access the new site.

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Debatable if we’ll ever see a Pie chart on the subject of earnings however each year the entire wages bill is published for all LRHC owners information. What it doesn’t do is provide a breakdown of earnings which I think would be of interest to the hard pressed owners and indeed many employees, no ...

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Fully understand. If you’ve exhausted all the recognised avenues to complain and notify the club re the defects and nothing has changed then I would think you are well within your rights to withold further payments and legal advice on the subject would be well justified

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I get your drift Ronnie however you asked for suggestions on how to get your lodge defects rectified and this is how I got my own lodge issues resolved as reporting issues in good faith at LRHC reception was fruitless

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