MA started Section 20 Major Works proceedings AFTER RTM application

[Benzo]

If the person you're interested in has an interesting forename, you can even use that - i've found a few interesting ones that way.

[Benzo]

It depends entirely on the Freeholder of course but generally speaking it's the Leaseholder who forces the formal route as there are far more protections in it for us than the FH.

Unscrupulous FHs can sneak in all kinds of amendments to the lease in an informal setting, and of course the...

[Benzo]

Ha well I agree with you personally but I also believe in fair play - it's one of my greatest weaknesses. The major works never actually got done - we got our RTM before they began - so this is just literally the surveyor costs involved in drawing up the spec which never got delivered....

[Benzo]

Quite possible. I'm not quite trying to get out of paying - if this is a reasonable request for payment then I'll most likely pay it - I just want to see if this is a fair request, doesn't feel like it to me but I may be biased ...

[Benzo]

Hi all

We applied for RTM in Dec 2017, and then again in June 2018. About a week after our second application, our MA triggered a section 20 major works notification and employed the services of a surveyor to produce a spec. We objected to this and said that it wasn't appropriate to trigger...