By Simon Tye, Legal Adviser September 2017 Health and safety in blocks of flats, and in particular, fire safety risk.
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Understand the key things you should know about your lease. If you are a purchaser, this can help make sure your solicitor has covered all of these points and explained them clearly to you.
A brief summary of the key points
Your lease will tell you w hether or not the landlord can increase your service charge s .
It will specify whether the amount you pay is fixed or variable .
Some older leases allow a fixed service charge – a specific amount or a formula – regardless of the actual costs to the landlord.
However, most service charges are based on the actual or estimated cost of the services, and so may change from year to year. These are known as variable service charges. Your landlord can increase a variable service charge.
Any increase s must be reasonable . You have the legal right to challenge an increase that is not reasonable at a tribunal .
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