Are stocks of keys a legitimate use of service charge funds?

[Yengip]

Hi all,
Our managing agent has included a cost in last year's service charge for buying a stock of keys so that future tenants can buy them from the agent instead of the actual supplier.

I maintain that this is trading and it is an inappropriate use of service charge funds since I...

[gidoc]

Dear all,
I hope this forum can guide me to the next step. I have a leasehold apartment, which I purchased in July 2007. I have never been able to go through the whole lease esp the page no1, which clearly defines the service charges as 1%. I am however been charged 2%( extra 1% for communal areas,...

[malcia]

I am the owner of a student apartment and I'm pursuing the Landlord through the First Tier Tribunal for overcharging service charges. One of the issues is that the Landlord has not provided Certified and Audited accounts to support their estimates. Am I correct in my understanding that the Landlord...

[Gary Paul]

I am one of the 10 freeholders in a block of 10 flats used mainly for holiday lets. There are three flats at the basement level at the back of the building, each with a decking area. These flats are accessed via the decking. I own one of these.
The other 7 flats are in the main body of the building...

[hideyspidey]

HI
Looking for a S125 offer template/layout with 5 years service charges calculated. We have now done a joint venture with a company and i need to teach them about doing S125. They seem to think it is the responsibility of a rent officer but i understand that a surveyor needs to go out and then...

[hideyspidey]

HI
A lease holder who lives in a block of 8 ( 4 flats and 4 maisonettes in 1 building) has been in contact to say that, her and her front door are not getting along and that she has found out that she is entitled to a new door under the leasehold agreement, as she pays a percentage of the...

[EcclesTony]

Can anybody help?

My understanding is that a service charge debt does not pass from one flat owner (leaseholder) to the new one. And also that any debt over 3 years old cannot be enforced by a right of possession?

I have owned a flat for 5 years. At first, the management...

[IndianDrifter]

Does a ground rent demand notice waiver the free holders right to forfeiture of a lease.

[hideyspidey]

HI
Our local council has entered into a 10 year contract with a company called Norse to make a Joint Venture Company. Together they have renamed the council repairs team and although they all do the same job come under a different company. They are GYNorse and the resposnive repairs are GYB services....

[hideyspidey]

HI
i have a local authority lease dated 18/02/07 with a commencement date of the same, however my flat was the second to be sold in the block with the first being in 1999. Surely the commencement date should be 1999 the same as my neighbours lease and the date of when the first property has been...

[hideyspidey]

A lease states payment of ground rent on 18th June, the neighbour is 27th November and the other neighbour is 6th december. I understand all the leases are different with the ground rent being payable on the anniversary of purchase for all. We are working with the council to cut admin costs and think...

[AndrewDod]

I have been trying for a long time to get my head around the legality and practical aspects of sinking (reserve) funds. The more I read the less I feel I am clear about this.
I am hoping some wise insights will follow:

First, I will make a few comments on the system as I see it,...

[OllieP]

The development where we are one of the Leaseholders has been very poorly managed, so much so that at the beginning of this year the Lands Tribunal took away the management of the development from the then managing agents and awarded it to another agent for a period of three years - something we understand...

[andylast]

Hi,

After doing some homework, I am looking for some clarity on the following, I hope some one can help. Thanks

I have received a solicitors letter requiring payment of excess service charge fees and additional 'admin arrears fees' and 'issue of notice fee'.
...

[Boulevardier]

I am in a long leasehold flat and the freehold was recently sold to a third party after the end of the 2012/2013 year of account. I have not yet received a certified service charge account summary for the 2012/2013 year and so served a Section 21 (Landlord and Tenant Act 1985) notice on the previous...