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Service Charges

A service charge is a payment you make towards the costs of providing and maintaining services for the development you live in. Service charges are split fairly between all the flats in the block. The Council pays the proportion relating to the rent paying tenants which is then recharged to them through the rent they pay.

It is important to note that the cost of the services to tenants is not subsidised in any way by leaseholders.

We are responsible for maintaining the structure of the whole building and the communal areas such as halls and stairways.

The costs incurred by us are passed back to you on a proportional basis through the service charge.

At the start of the year we estimate the costs we expect to incur in maintaining the block or development you live in. The service charge year runs from April to March. Minor communal repairs are divided equally by the number in the block or development.


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