Why we started Your Block
Built from lived experience, not another faceless managing agent.
Your Block is shaped by first-hand experience of leasehold living: unclear updates, slow repairs, scattered email chains, overloaded volunteer directors, and residents who feel like the last people to know what’s happening in their own building.
“We didn’t start Your Block because the world needed another managing agent. We started it because residents deserve to know what is happening in their own building.”
The goal is simple: proper professional management, with a resident experience that feels open, visible and human. Not a portal just for directors, but one clear place for every verified resident to raise issues, follow progress, discuss improvements and understand decisions.
- For residents, not just directorsEvery verified resident gets a voice and a clear view.
- Visibility by defaultRepairs, proposals and updates in one place.
- Human accountabilitySmart systems help. People make the key decisions.
Experience behind the technology
New company. Decades of hands-on experience.
- Construction & maintenance30+ years running a construction business means knowing what a fair quote looks like and which contractors turn up.Les Charlesworth
- Cleaning & facilitiesDecades running a commercial cleaning company: contracts, teams and standards that hold up week after week.Sofia Christina
- Residential propertyA portfolio of 20+ rental homes and several care homes: compliance, residents and responsibility, every day.Les Charlesworth
- Technology & communicationA decade building automated workflows for a production business, now applied to resident updates and admin.Sam Charlesworth
Meet the team
Small on purpose.
A close-knit team with low overheads, so we can keep fees fair and give every building proper attention. You’ll know who we are, and we’ll know your building.
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Sam Charlesworth
Sam leads our direction, technology and resident portal, bringing the openness residents expect everywhere else to block management.
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Sofia Christina
Sofia brings decades of experience running a commercial cleaning company, managing contracts, staff and service standards. She oversees service quality across our buildings.
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Les Charlesworth
Les runs a large construction company, operates several care homes and is landlord to more than 20 properties. He supports our operations: contractor relationships, quotes, maintenance and major works.
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Sofia Leite
Sofia works right across the business, from the office to site visits, inspections and quotes. She makes sure nothing gets lost between a resident’s report and the fix.
Where to find us
Local to the buildings we manage.
Our office is just outside Colchester, on the Suffolk and Essex border, so we’re close enough to visit every building we look after.
- Colchester
- Sudbury
- Ipswich
- Chelmsford
- Bury St Edmunds
- Woodbridge
Ready when you are
See the portal in action.
Book a demo and we’ll walk you through a demo building, or send us your block’s details for a clear, written proposal.
Or email hello@yourblockmanagement.co.uk to speak to a director.