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We live in a house that it on an estate built in 2003ish. There are about 30 houses and about 100 flats spread out in to 10 blocks.
There has been a fairly token maintenance charge of £40, which was meant to apparently cover the water and waste pumps. A new management company have taken over and increased this to £90 for all the houses so that we pay them fair share’ of the cost of running the management company.
The pumps were taken over by Thames water years ago and we have no communal space access. We own and maintain our own driveway and gardens so they actually don’t supply us with anything. They say they are increasing back to what was written for the ‘lease’ originally. None of our documentation actually states we are obliged to pay anything and the property is freehold. The only charge on our property is for access to a subway station at the rear of the land.
Where would we find out if there was a legal obligation for us to pay if it is not in the land registry documents sent on purchase?
There has been a fairly token maintenance charge of £40, which was meant to apparently cover the water and waste pumps. A new management company have taken over and increased this to £90 for all the houses so that we pay them fair share’ of the cost of running the management company.
The pumps were taken over by Thames water years ago and we have no communal space access. We own and maintain our own driveway and gardens so they actually don’t supply us with anything. They say they are increasing back to what was written for the ‘lease’ originally. None of our documentation actually states we are obliged to pay anything and the property is freehold. The only charge on our property is for access to a subway station at the rear of the land.
Where would we find out if there was a legal obligation for us to pay if it is not in the land registry documents sent on purchase?