How it works
From the conveyancer’s request to the issued pack.
Ten stages, each one clear about what it needs from you. Here is the whole journey, using our fictional building, Alder House.
- 01
Create or select the building
Reused for every future saleThe first time, you enter the basics: company name, address, number of flats, how the building is managed. Every later pack starts from the existing record.
Example: Alder House RTM Company Limited — purpose-built block of 18 flats, self-managed since 2021.
- 02
Add the property being sold
Record the flat, the seller and the expected timescale. Peppercorn One opens a pack request and shows exactly what it will need.
Example: Flat 8 — sellers Daniel and Priya Morgan.
- 03
Enter the requester's details
The conveyancer or agent asking for the pack, and any reference they have supplied, so the finished pack reaches the right file first time.
Example: Harcourt & Vale Solicitors, ref HV-20481.
- 04
Upload supporting evidence
Suggested from documentInsurance schedule, accounts, budget, fire risk assessment, articles. Peppercorn One reads them and offers suggested answers with the source attached.
Example: three suggestions from Buildings Insurance Schedule 2026–27.pdf — each requires review.
- 05
Work through the LPE1 sections
Building information, ownership, service charges, ground rent, insurance, reserve fund, planned works, disputes, fire safety and Building Safety Act questions — each in plain English, each with guidance.
Decision point: the lease reserves a peppercorn rent and nothing is collected — the guidance shows exactly how to record that.
- 06
Invite collaborators
Assign the service-charge section to the treasurer, planned works to the managing agent, accounts to the accountant. Everyone sees only what they need to.
Example: Ruth Ahmed (managing agent) asked to confirm the external decorations estimate.
- 07
Resolve missing information
Needs confirmationPeppercorn One lists unanswered questions, missing documents and inconsistencies between answers, so gaps surface now — not in a conveyancer's enquiry letter three weeks later.
Example warning: Section 4.8 refers to planned external works, but no estimated cost has been entered.
- 08
Review the complete pack
Read the pack as the conveyancer will see it. Every answer shows its source and who confirmed it. The review disclaimer is presented before generation.
Peppercorn One assists with preparation; the directors review and approve all information before it is issued.
- 09
Issue it securely
IssuedGenerate the professional pack and share it through a secure link. Follow-up questions arrive through the same channel, against the same single version.
Status moves to Issued, with the date and recipient recorded.
- 10
Retain the building record
Building record retainedEverything the pack taught the building is kept: answers, documents, dates and decisions. The next sale starts from here.
Fourteen months later, the pack for Flat 12 begins around two-thirds pre-filled, pending review.
Peppercorn One provides administrative tools and guidance to assist with the preparation of management information. It does not provide legal advice. Users remain responsible for reviewing and approving all information before it is issued.
Your building should not have to rediscover itself every time a flat is sold.
Create an organised building record and produce your next management pack through one guided process.