Flat Owners

[Stedman]

...hope you don't mind me asking (only out of curiosity) but, how much is your ground rent/maintenance a year?

Ta

[Nickyboy]

£10 a year rent and £45 a month maintenance inc insurance

[Raverbaby]

£90 per year to a mob called greenbelt, they maintain the area, grass cutting, weeding etc.
I fortunately don't have a factors fee, which may be what your after.

Edited by Raverbaby on Sunday 26th September 23:25

[Herbs]

£1600 Inc ground rent

[voicey]

I own a 2 bed flat close to Canary Wharf - £110 pa ground rent, £1,100 pa maintenance (and has been for the last 5 years). It's the cheapest in the area (most developments are £2k+ pa) but the residents have the right to manage and have an active residents association.

[Muzzer]

2 bed coachhouse in MK.

£30 per month maintenance.

£10 per month compulsory membership of the 'social club' over the road. Don't get me started

[allgonepetetong]

gated complex in Wanstead

£70 rent
£1500 maintainence, but this is about £300 more than necessary as we are building up a slush fund.

[apguy]

1 bed near Tower Bridge (my weekday pad)
- peppercorn ground rent
- £1800 a year service charge
(includes 24/7 hour porterage, lifts, gardens, water rates and buildings ins)

[Accelebrate]

£350ish a year for both, two bed flat in Oxford.

That was the exception when I was house hunting though, most were getting on for 2k.

[Funk]

£1,100 for maintenance, £50 ground rent per annum. We are also building a slush fund.

Edited by Funk on Friday 1st October 14:29

[B16JUS]

£60 a year ground rent
£55 a month service charge

[Uriel]

£10 per year ground rent.
£360 per year service charge.

[neenaw]

£50 a year ground rent and no service charge

[Fatboy]

Ground Rent and Maintenance £100 per month combined, don't have the breakdown to hand.

Maintenance company is a housing association, so seem to really look after the place well...

[T84]

£0.

[sjj84]

Ground rent £250 per year
Maintenance approx £800 per year, seems to be going up and up each year and service going down and down. Complete con.

[neilski]

2 bed flat in Windsor.

£122 ground rent and £1000 maintenance. Includes buildings insurance, heating oil, gardening and the pleasure of watching the outside of the building deteriorate right before my eyes because some of the other flat owners don't feel like paying and are up to a year in arrears. s!

[Brother D]

£25 Ground rent
£2300 But this includes: Maintenance for a lift that doesn't work, once a month hoovering of common areas, sweeping of the outside areas once every 3 years, and two years to fix a 2m squared patch of plaster board. Bargain - They even have their own fan club....

[Cheburator mk2]

3 bed flat in Blackheath - £50 ground rend and approximately £400 per quarter maintainance charges including insurance etc.

[john_p]

£450/qtr maintenance to cover lift, gardening, handyman, communal power/water and electric gates/garage doors.
Not sure if this builds up a slush fund or not.