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Well yes of course, and I have included these. The website is just an extra to back this up.0
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which muddies the waters.0
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never buy a leasehold flat as managing agts can charge what they want and if you do not pay can take your flat and you lose all the money tied up in it through the forfeiture of lease rules. The new fire safety regulations which came in last year will double most service charges over the coming years.1
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This post is complete nonsense, everyone should ignore.
coypondboy said:never buy a leasehold flat as managing agts can charge what they want and if you do not pay can take your flat and you lose all the money tied up in it through the forfeiture of lease rules. The new fire safety regulations which came in last year will double most service charges over the coming years.
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Ha I was ignoring that one, would probably have been helpful 8 years ago 😬0
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The council is the leaseholder…good luck!Sorry I can’t add more but ex council leaseholds are the worst to deal with.0
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My understanding is that the OP is the leaseholder......Edi81 said:The council is the leaseholder…good luck!Sorry I can’t add more but ex council leaseholds are the worst to deal with.0 -
I'm the leaseholder, the council were originally the "management" but it's been taken over by Metropolitan for a while.0
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Are they by any chance replacing the communal windows and doors with fire rated ones? This will certainly increase the costs to a degree but not to that ludicrous amount.Can we ask OP - how many windows/external doors do you have in your own flat, and also, have they given you a schedule of works along with what I presume is currently an estimate of costs?As already said - ignore the “told you so” and scaremongering posts that have appeared - sadly there are always a few folk that get their kicks in this way!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
In my experience, all you should need to do is raise an observation within the consultation window with the words used in the OP and you will be removed from the program as your windows won't need to be done.
Section 20s part 1 aren't usually very specific in my experience. Usually just outline of works planned for block, regardless of if LHs have already done the works on their property. The consultation period is when the details get ironed out.0
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