Residents Committee

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We live on an estate which is served by two access roads. We are an original property and not one of those built as the estate development around us some 15 years ago. The builder sadly died after completing the development but before formally setting up a resident’s management committee, which has now been formed as a limited company. It is in the deeds of the estate properties that owners should pay an annual fee of £200 to the management committee but five residents who are exclusively accessed by one of the roads are refusing to engage with the committee or pay any fees. I understand that in the absence of a residents committee ownership of the access roads and any communal land would revert to The Crown. Anyone else encountered this problem?

silvercar

Ownership of any land will depend on the deeds of the properties. Choosing not to engage is up to the individuals. Paying of any fees is down to what is included in the deeds, it could be enforced by court or by contacting the mortgagors if it jeopardises the security of the property.