Communal lift

G_M

BeattieOG wrote: »

........ We called the management company and long story short they said....

Do you mean the compay managing your rental on behalf of your landlord?

Or (more likely) the company managing the building on behalf of the freeholder(s)?

BeattieOG

Thanks eddddy - I think it was reasonable but how we prove that I'm not sure. The management company has said that they paid the lift people so we owe them and they'll be charging us interest daily until we pay. So don't think it'll go LL

BeattieOG

G_M - I called both but I meant the latter. Our LA spoke to the management company and us, as a middleman but then suggested we go direct to the management company when we disputed the cost

eddddy

BeattieOG wrote: »

Thanks eddddy - I think it was reasonable but how we prove that I'm not sure. The management company has said that they paid the lift people so we owe them and they'll be charging us interest daily until we pay. So don't think it'll go LL

That's fine, there's nothing stopping you from paying.


But just from a broader legal and practical perspective (rather than commenting on the rights/wrongs in this case)...

The £180 is in your pocket. So realistically, the onus is on the management co to take the matter forward and prove you owe it.

I might very forcefully and officiously say "I've posted on your thread so you owe me £180 and I'll be charging you interest daily until you pay". It doesn't mean you really owe me any money.

anselld

BeattieOG wrote: »

I think that it probably what happened - we had movers moving us, so I wasn't there at the time but came when it got stuck. Got it though - if we had been in it, we might have prevented it. Thanks for that info !

If you had a removal co you should claim against them. They should have known better!

Double_V

Normally all communal lifts are maintained through monthly rental.
I don't think you're liable to pay anything.

hazyjo

anselld wrote: »

If you had a removal co you should claim against them. They should have known better!

I wouldn't even be claiming against them - I would get them to bill them.


I don't see what it has to do with you if someone else did it (for whatever reason).


How can they bill you if you weren't in there or didn't put the mattresses in there?


Would they be charging you if the removal men broke a light fitting when carrying the mattresses outside? Or smashed a glass door panel? No. They would be paying and would claim on their insurance if necessary.


Jx

anselld

Double_V wrote: »

Normally all communal lifts are maintained through monthly rental.
I don't think you're liable to pay anything.

That is generally for routine maintenance not for damage caused by miss-use.

BeattieOG

thanks so much all for the responses, much appreciated. Just to update, we did pay it - we could have left it and seen where they took it, but once we understood that the mattresses did break it by leaning on the door we realised that we were obviously responsible. We could have asked the movers to pay, and I think they definitely held some responsibility but it would have meant that they were paid very little for almost a full day's work so we didn't feel that was fair. Much obliged for the help and opinions!

phill99

Ask them to prove that you caused the malfunction. It could have just as easily malfunctioned by someone taking there shopping up in it. Lifts breakdown!