No lighting in communal entrance hall

Joseriously

ordnancesurvey84 wrote: »

There is a freeholder company which owns the building. That's all I know. The person who has the downstairs flat is a leaseholder, so I assume that my landlord is a leaseholder too. But there is no regular servicing of communal areas or anything like that.

So you don't pay a monthly management fee? This would cover such things as building insurance which, I presume, would be one policy for all flats?

aneary

Joseriously wrote: »

So you don't pay a monthly management fee? This would cover such things as building insurance which, I presume, would be one policy for all flats?

He rents the flat he wouldn't directly pay a monthly management fee his landlord would.

Joseriously

aneary wrote: »

He rents the flat he wouldn't directly pay a monthly management fee his landlord would.

True. But ultimately it is the management companies responsibility to sort this issue. So the 'landlord' should get onto them.

Owain_Moneysaver

Rather than getting a separate landlord's supply in for such a small installation just ask your landlord to put a small PIR bulkhead light next to your front door.

They're cheap to buy, and to run - a 5 watt LED bulb should give ample light for a hallway, and costs about £5 a year to run if it was on 24/7/365 - which it won't be.

ordnancesurvey84

Many thanks to all for your advice. I have spoken again to the letting agent today and she is trying to come to some sort of arrangement with my landlord and the leaseholder downstairs to work out whose electric supply the communal light should be linked to.
Either way, she seems to be taking the matter seriously.