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Landlord's outrageous redecoration charges

Tom2023 · 2023-10-02 15:55:23

Hi My wife is the leaseholder of our flat and the housing association is the management company. We have just received a bill for nearly £800 as our share of repainting the communal stairwell. There are 6 flats in the block so they are charging £4,800 in total for repainting. Honestly starting at 9am and finishing at 5pm…

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gwynlas Posts: 2,252 Forumite

3 October 2023 at 9:36AM edited 3 October 2023 at 9:37AM

It is always the case with HA ,exLA premises that the contractors they use have to tender for the work and meet cerain criteria. This excludes many smaller companies who do not have the resources or workforce to compete, In itself it means that the larger companies build in their higher costs and are able to benefit from what would have previously been directly employed repair/maintenance teams deemed not cost effective.

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