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Housing Association service charge

t0rt0ise · 2013-03-04 21:15:15

I live in the top three floors of an old Georgian House. The bottom two floors are a second dwelling which has been empty for the three years we've lived here. It is owned by a Housing Association who pay for one light bulb in the common hallway. The light is on a 5 minute timer so it is never on for longer than that and…

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Richie-from-the-Boro Posts: 6,945 Forumite

24 June 2013 at 7:50PM

Write snail [do not put your telephone number on your letter] mail, then send the exact same letter two seeks later if you have had no written response. You will have a named individual responsible for your precise account. Additionally the HA will have at least one committee comprised of rent / lease / etc type dwelling [lease / rent / shared ownership etc] owners who will happily intercede on your behalf with management, ask for a contact address or phone number for your particular dwelling type and contact them too.

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