We’d like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum.

This is to keep it a safe and useful space for MoneySaving discussions. Threads that are – or become – political in nature may be removed in line with the Forum’s rules. Thank you for your understanding.

📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Letting Agents

Does any one know what my right are concerning an over charge of Service Charge taken from my rental income by my Block Management and Letting Agent. To explain. I have a property which  the Head Landlord demands Ground Rent, and is currently the Letting Agent and was also Block Management when this hapoened. During this time I was over charged service charge and this was taken from my rental income. They are now denying this and refusing to refund me. They are no longer in charge of the Block Management and from next year will not be my letting agent. They will still request and invoice me for Ground Rent. My question is would I be within the law to deduct what they owe me from the invoice for Ground Rent?

Comments

  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 19,236 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    As this was  a business to business transaction, you have no consumer rights I'm sorry to say. It is not usually a good idea to offset money owed to you with money owed by you
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 353.2K Banking & Borrowing
  • 254K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 454.9K Spending & Discounts
  • 246.3K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 602.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177.9K Life & Family
  • 260.2K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.7K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.