The Braybank Estate is situated on the banks of the River Thames in Bray village, some 2 miles from Maidenhead and 4 miles from Windsor, Berkshire. The gated community is home to 62 properties of which 14 are town houses and 48 flats.
The estate is managed by a board of directors under a limited company. The objective of the board is to ensure that smooth running of the estate and work with a managing agent to oversee the day to day running of the estate.
The Braybank Estate originally hosted a house which was built in 1901/1902, known as Braymead. It was owned by a stockbroker until 1922, when the site was sold to a local syndicate and was transformed into the Braymead court hotel.
Sadly, the hotel venture struggled to prosper and in 1928, became know as Hotel de Paris, deriving its name from its new owners (Messrs Poulson and Stocco) who were running the Cafe de Paris in the West End of London at the same time. Each weekend many top-ranking bands and cabaret stars from the Cafe de Paris would entertain around 300 visitors and guests along with a regular booking from the Guards annual passing out parade from Camberley with up to 500 guests. It was famous in its day and provided entertainment as well as employment to some of the villagers. It is rumoured that royalty often frequented Hotel de Paris and some scandals originated at the Hotel de Paris!
In 1939, the hotel suffered as a result of the Second World War and was taken over by a London shipping and insurance company for the duration of the war. After the war, while there was a gradual return of the hotel activities, the venture was not sustainable and the hotel was sold and demolished.
The current Braybank estate was built in 1964 on the old hotels site.
(With acknowledgements to ‘Bray – Today and Yesterday’ by Nan Birney), We have managed to obtain from a resident, a brochure which details some further history of the estate from the 1950’s.
All dwellings are Leasehold and the Freehold of Braybank is owned by Braybank Estates Limited (BEL) in which most Leaseholders hold one of the 62 shares. The Company is managed by a Board of up to seven Directors, all themselves Shareholders, who are elected at an Annual General Meeting. The Board is in place as a requirement of the Companies Act to carry out a legal and co-ordinating role on behalf of all Shareholders.
Click here to view the list of Braybank Directors currently serving.
Board Meetings are held at regular intervals to provide oversight, governance and compliance.
The Current Managing Agents for Braybank are:
Cleaver Property Management Ltd
Unit 4 Anvil Court
Denmark Steert
Wokingham
RG40 2BB
Email: info@cleaverproperty.co.uk
Tel: 0118 972 7182
Property Manager: Emma Keely/Sarah Cleaver
Out of Office Hours: 0115 896 5158
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