Summer 2025 Works
Symonds & Sampson, MANCO 2’s Managing Agents, carry out quarterly checks of all common areas in active maintenance. In addition to resolving any issues identified during their visits or responding to reported problems from Shareholders, they also carry out a programme of routine maintenance. The summer gardening plan was supplemented with extra shrub planting, the installation of water bags on vulnerable trees and further tree mulching across the MANCO 2 estate to improve weed control and enhance water retention. The regular redecoration of courtyard assets continues, including bollards, railings and lighting columns across our area, and these works were carried out at the end of the summer. Repairs to damaged coping stones, generally caused by high-sided vehicle impacts, were carried out at the entrances to Harewood Court and Harptree Court.
Winter 2025 Maintenance Programme
Seasonal activities being carried out through the autumn and winter months include tree maintenance works, clearing of autumn leaves and the replacement of several trees within courtyards across MANCO 2. The annual surface water drain clearance works have been carried out in the second week of December across multiple courtyards.
Board Appointments
The MANCO 2 AGM on 29th April 2026 will vote to formally appoint Mr Michael King as a Resident Director of the Board. Mike’s experience in utility works will be particularly relevant to the working of the Board and will complement the existing team.
More Courtyards in Active Maintenance
Eventually over 50 courtyards and communal areas in the MANCO 2 area will become the responsibility of Shareholders. The Duchy have not yet formally proposed a leasehold contract to transfer ownership to MANCO 2, however in the interim we are gradually beginning their Active Maintenance above ground. This only happens when we have agreed that appropriate build standards have been achieved by The Duchy’s developers. Three further courtyards were recently brought into the Active Maintenance schedule for Manco 2, including Throckmorton Court, Coade Square and Crown Square. This takes the MANCO 2 cumulative total to 46 courtyards and communal areas in Active Maintenance by December 2025. The managing agents are also presently assessing several further courtyards and squares, although we are currently awaiting remedial works to be carried out by the developers before these may be brought into our work schedule next year.
TV Network Re-Life Works
As the older TV distribution infrastructure is now reaching the end of its life and is no longer supported by the manufacturer, the satellite receiver equipment is being gradually replaced. MANCO 2 working in partnership with MANCOs 1, 3 and 4, have completed a survey of the current condition of the network and commissioned the design specification for replacement equipment. An open-market tender event to procure and install new equipment was completed and contracts awarded for the first phase of work. Three of our sites (Tyberton Court, Victor Jackson Court and Trematon Court) were completed in October. Our final site in Marsden Mews will follow in 2026.
Meanwhile, please report any TV problems as normal for our maintenance contractor Wessex Aerials Ltd to address (details below).
Contact MANCO 2
If you want to report a maintenance issue, repair need or breach of Poundbury Stipulations which relates to courtyards or common areas, please do one of the following:
- Report online https://www.poundburymanco.co.uk/send-report-to-manco-2/
- Or call the dedicated MANCO number at 01305 756968 (office hours)
Sending our correspondence electronically saves both time and money. If you wish to receive newsletters and other communications by email, please give our managing agent Symonds and Sampson your email address. Any personal information held on behalf of MANCO 2 is kept in strict compliance of the General Data Protection Regulations.