i've been trapped against my will where i am living for 11 years, i planned to be here for 3 years until my son went to uni, but the rep of the management company, their tardiness and lethargy when i was in conveyancing, has left me three firm offers down the road and still no sale. also the reform bill would have been god if anyone had bothered to MAKE IT HAPPEN, but now thanks very much, no one will touch leasehold for at least another three years, plus however long it takes for owners to extend, so at 70 years old it seems to me instead of having the world be mo oyster i'm going to die in flippin croydon. it would help is you could stop management companies charging whatever they please, our monthly went from £300 which is bad enough direct to £425 when electricity went up, so our winter fuel went straight to the property company. we need to be able AT LEAST to say "no, i won't pay any more", and also we are expected to cough up (pensioners mind you) the MONTHLY amount IN ADVANCE. labour - i voted green this time and last time cos you're as crap as the tories. do i sound annoyed?
It is disgusting how leaseholders are being treated. Labour needs to get on with sorting this out. Tories watered down the reform to protect there rich freeholder friends
As someone who owns a leasehold in a block. Our development has had issues from day one due to poor quality construction and infrastructure, meaning our service charge is now £420 per month, even after leaseholders took control of the management. The issue is less the freeholder but instead the cheap quality of the development. No reform bill will be able to fix this.
i've been trapped against my will where i am living for 11 years, i planned to be here for 3 years until my son went to uni, but the rep of the management company, their tardiness and lethargy when i was in conveyancing, has left me three firm offers down the road and still no sale. also the reform bill would have been god if anyone had bothered to MAKE IT HAPPEN, but now thanks very much, no one will touch leasehold for at least another three years, plus however long it takes for owners to extend, so at 70 years old it seems to me instead of having the world be mo oyster i'm going to die in flippin croydon.
it would help is you could stop management companies charging whatever they please, our monthly went from £300 which is bad enough direct to £425 when electricity went up, so our winter fuel went straight to the property company. we need to be able AT LEAST to say "no, i won't pay any more", and also we are expected to cough up (pensioners mind you) the MONTHLY amount IN ADVANCE.
labour - i voted green this time and last time cos you're as crap as the tories. do i sound annoyed?
It is disgusting how leaseholders are being treated. Labour needs to get on with sorting this out. Tories watered down the reform to protect there rich freeholder friends
This lease hold situation is both shameful and disgusting
Basically u didn’t buy the flat …u just renting it…only in uk
As someone who owns a leasehold in a block. Our development has had issues from day one due to poor quality construction and infrastructure, meaning our service charge is now £420 per month, even after leaseholders took control of the management. The issue is less the freeholder but instead the cheap quality of the development. No reform bill will be able to fix this.
Anybody with a brain can tell you that this should be outlawed. It hasn’t because people are becoming fat of the backs of hard working people.