General Discussion
There's an article about it in the Dawlish Gazette.
Okay , so whilst it's the case that with the discounts on offer some tenants could, and can, afford to buy, say, their council/housing association flat, it doesn't then necessarily follow that they can then subsequently afford a bill for £0000s that they might then get from the freeholder for their financial contribution, as leaseholders, for major works needing to be carried out. That's the ...
Yes, I agree, as far as I am aware, such a situation applies to all leaseholders. It was just that seeing the BBC news article (and the amount of money that these leaseholders were being asked to fork out) brought back to me the plight and financial distress that I witnessed of many leaseholders who had RTB'd their council flats when I worked in housing back in the 1990s.
"Charges for major works There may be times when the cost of work we carry out to your home or scheme cannot be met by the service charge payments you make. In these instances, we will send a separate bill. This usually relates to major work, which we will have consulted you about prior to sending any requests for payment." From ...
If you missed the BBC Spotlight article this link should take you to it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06vjwf7/spotlight-11012016 It is the first item covered in the broadcast
There has previously been some coverage about this issue in the Gaz. I now understand that before the town council meeting starts (7pm) tomorrow (Weds 13th Jan) evening there will be a public discussion, starting at 6.30pm, about this somewhat contentious issue. If you wish to express your thoughts on the matter then you could go along to this meeting. Failing that, you could let your local ...
What does the sign say?
There is a story running on BBC Spotlight today concerning 4 leaseholders in a block of otherwise tenanted flats owned by a housing association. The four leaseholders have each received bills of circa £25,000 each as their contribution towards repair works the housing association, as the freeholder, needs to undertake to the building. I do not know how or why these particular four persons ...
There is a town council meeting on 13th Jan. This is agenda item number 13 13) Flooding in Secmaton Lane –To consider a proposal from Councillors Alison Foden and Martin Wrigley that Dawlish Town Council asks South West Water to explain their plans to fix the current situation and how they are intending to expand the capacity for the future developments.
Or perhaps a scaled down, Dawlish version, of this perhaps? http://www.tidallagoonswanseabay.com/the-project/film/107
