Meet

The Judges

Meet the people behind block awards

We have deliberately called them Experts not Judges as each block that achieves a
block award will do so on its own merits, not the bias of any Judge.

Lily

Lease Bot

Lease Bot is an exceptionally talented lawyer. She graduated from AI Law University and is extremely well-versed in residential landlord and tenant legislation. She has read thousands of leases and has a passion for flushing out the clauses that best protect and make running a block of flats easier.

Simon

Surveyor Bot

Surveyor Bot is obsessed with buildings—from basement to rooftop, he knows exactly what keeps them safe and compliant. Armed with deep knowledge of the Building Safety Act and Fire Safety regulations, he assesses how a building’s height affects legal requirements like fire door inspections, risk assessments, EWS1 forms, PAS 9980 reviews, and Building Safety Case reports. Surveyor Bot ensures that no detail is overlooked, bringing rigour and regulatory insight to the judging process—all in the name of safety and excellence.

Fiona

Finance Bot

Finance Bot adores maths, he goes to sleep calculating, wakes up seeing numbers and dreams of algorithms too. Finance Bot understands service charge accounts: how to analyse a balance sheet, see if things like balancing charges have been recovered, reserves and arrears are in order and if problems are disguised. He also created the weighted judging criteria - all in the pursuit of excellence.

Isaac

Insurance Bot

Insurance Bot lives and breathes risk – crunching policies by day and decoding small print by night. With a sharp eye for detail, Insurance Bot reviews whether blocks are adequately insured, checks for common exclusions, and flags any signs of underinsurance that could put residents at risk. Always alert to anomalies, he contributed his expertise to help build the insurance elements of the judging criteria—ensuring that peace of mind and proper protection are part of what it means to strive for excellence.