Sections 20 notices advise.

[thatone1967]

I live in a block of 14 flats, and we need to have about £8k's worth of work done on the roof.
Managing Agent has been dragging his heels a bit, and I thought we were actually getting somewhere, but may be not after todays email.

We have been advised that he wants to charge £45.00 per flat (14 flats) to deal with sections 20 notices, which are apparently applicable.
He has flatly refused to move things forward until we agree to pay the cost.

I must stress that he is not asking for additional money, it will be deducted from funds. He is effectivelty asking for over £600 to send 3 letters to 14 flats....

Are we being reasonable to say that these charges are not applicable, surely this is what we are paying a managing agent for, to "manage".

Also, is a section required if they are not asking for additional funds over and above the management fees that we pay.

[Wings]

thatone1967 said:

I live in a block of 14 flats, and we need to have about £8k's worth of work done on the roof.
Managing Agent has been dragging his heels a bit, and I thought we were actually getting somewhere, but may be not after todays email.

We have been advised that he wants to charge £45.00 per flat (14 flats) to deal with sections 20 notices, which are apparently applicable.
He has flatly refused to move things forward until we agree to pay the cost.

I must stress that he is not asking for additional money, it will be deducted from funds. He is effectivelty asking for over £600 to send 3 letters to 14 flats....

Are we being reasonable to say that these charges are not applicable, surely this is what we are paying a managing agent for, to "manage".

Also, is a section required if they are not asking for additional funds over and above the management fees that we pay.

I am a leaseholder/director of a flat within a block of three other flats/leaseholders/directors.

We operate under a Limited company, employing a Property Management Company to oversee day to day running, management, maintainence of the communal area of the block of flats, including gardens etc.

Property Management is a license to make money, and where leaseholders show no interest in the managent of the flats, accounts etc., then all types of fraud, false accounting, work given out to personal contacts, bad management etc. etc.

A section 20 Notice comes into place where monies are to be spent for remedial works, that will cost each leaseholder £250 or more. The section 20 sets out proceedures that the Management Company must follow, including the number of quotations from contractors, the acceptance of the quotation and agreeing that the works should be contracted out and started by a majority of the leaseholders.

A Management Company must be considered in the role of a secretary, taking instructions and directions from the leaseholders, and in answer to your question, if the secretary/management company are asked to do work beyond there normal duties, then "Yes" they are due the additional monies for carrying out the section 20 procedure.

These links might assist you in finding further information on the subject.

http://www.lease-advice.org/

http://www.rpts.gov.uk/about_us/lvt.htm

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ianmcowie/100...