Dispute management company invoice

onefurlongout

Hi,

As a resident I am being invoice by my management company for maintainance work that they are due to undertake on our communal areas.

As yet the communal areas are not finished so nothing to maintain. I don't intend to pay until initial works are complete. Does anyone know if there is an dispute letter template I could use to write to them so that they will not chase me for payment.

I just want something to look rather formal and legal

Regards

OFO

Threewheeler

Where would you expect the funds to come from if all residents fail to pay? Normally the management company can only spend monies that have been collected in fees.

eddddy

Are you disputing the fee charged by the management company for managing the block - or are you disputing the cost of specific pieces of maintenance work?

You need to be a bit clearer, if you want to challenge the charges.

Assuming your property is leasehold, your lease should clarify what charges are payable.

On a more general level, if your property is leasehold and you think the service charges are unreasonable, you can take the freeholder to a tribunal. See: http://www.lease-advice.org/publications/documents/document.asp?item=14#9

onefurlongout

Sorry I wasn't clear.

On our estate we have communal grounds which have not been completed by the developer. We are now being charged by the appointed mgmt company for maintainance of the areas.

We have to pay this charge but my view is that this should not be due until the area is complete. Both the developer and mgmt company know about the issues so I just want to issue a holding type letter disputing the invoice until matters are resolved.

He mgmt company have said if we don't pay them they will us a debt recovery team. All residents have the same issue and all are refusing to pay.

We all paid c£150 when we completed money is available.