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Jan 11

I wish I could do something about the service charge on my flat

Well, you can.  Landlords and managing agents may not tell you this but as a flat owner paying a service charge you have a lot of rights, some of them you can exercise on your own, others you need to get together with the other flat owners (or a majority of them) to get your rights.  You can make the landlord get competing quotes for major work, you only have to pay charges if they are reasonable, you do not have to pay for major works unless your landlord warns you in advance, and you do not have to pay for works not properly invoiced for 18 months or more.  Read the rest of this entry »