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Service charge for Emergency Lighting and Fire Alarm Maintenance

jazzythumper

Post Grenfell, our management company has introduced Emergency Lighting and Fire Alarm Maintenance for our building at a cost of £3,000 per year. Or building is a terrace house divided into 4 flats with a communal staircase, the maintenance includes testing of emergency lighting and smoke alarms in...
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23-10-2018, 10:57 AM
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eagle2

It does not appear that any qualification is needed to carry out the tests, you just need to keep a record of them being carried out. The simplest way is to carry out the tests yourselves. They should take no more than 10 minutes. The bulk of the charge seems to be a call out or travelling charge. Whether...
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23-10-2018, 14:18 PM
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nukecad

£60 a week to press a test button or two sounds a lot.

But with a bit of creative accounting adding in travel time -
1 hour to get to property, 1 hour (average) for testing/maintenance, 1 hour to get back to office - that's 3 hours at £20/hour.

Weekly testing is 'recommended...
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23-10-2018, 13:53 PM
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jazzythumper

I am wondering if a sensible approach is to pay the service charge we owe, and only pay the £250 for now and say we're happy to pay the rest upon proof of the consultation for the £3000.

Moving forward is there anyway to challenge it now that this £3000 seems to be in place?
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23-10-2018, 13:33 PM
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eagle2

Beware though the management company may seek dispensation from following the consultation procedure in which case you would have to explain what you would have done had you been consulted and you would have to explain if you have suffered any financial loss as a result of the failure to consult, The...
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23-10-2018, 13:08 PM
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andydd

Yes..thats the whole point of the process..that other quotes are sought and that you could get your own quotes....
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23-10-2018, 12:45 PM
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andydd

A few issues here.

1. Do the checks actually need doing and are the costs recoverable under the lease, after Grenfell there have been a number of cases where the FH or MA has decided to do extra works and/or carry out checks..most of the cases have decided the cost is recoverable via the...
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23-10-2018, 12:43 PM
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jazzythumper

Thanks for the reply, should we not have seen the 3 quotations before these works were carried out?...
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23-10-2018, 12:34 PM
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Gordon999

Did you say £3000 per year ? Weekly check for 4 flats in building is OTT .

( You need to set up RTM and take over the maintenance for hallway yourselves ).

You and other 3 leaseholders need to ask to see 3 quotations from independent companies .
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23-10-2018, 12:28 PM
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jazzythumper

Thanks for your reply, I'd like to reply to the management company with something solid on this. Is there any recourse for not being consulted on this, how can we stop this £3,000 charge? Is there anywhere I can find out the legal check requirements as once weekly seems over the top?

Thanks...
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23-10-2018, 12:13 PM

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