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Landlord demanding £6000 from leaseholders

angeuk · 2017-11-23 11:59:33

Hi all, My elderly father lives in a leasehold flat in a property around 50 years old. He pays around £1200 a year in service charges. This sometimes increases, depending on what work needs doing to the upkeep of the building. He recently got letters regarding the replacement and repair work on balconies and balustrades.…

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eddddy Posts: 18,210 Forumite

23 November 2017 at 6:15PM
Just to keep a bit of balance on the leasehold flat vs freehold house argument.
If the OP's father bought a freehold property with a dodgy balcony - he would still have to pay for repairs.

If he'd bought a freehold property - he'd have to deal with the engineers, surveyors, builders etc himself (who might try to bamboozle/over charge him.)

Instead he has a management company, who should be property management professionals, to deal with the builders etc.

The OP's father has far greater legal protection as a leaseholder dealing with a management company, than he would as a freeholder dealing with a builder
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