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    FAQ – Please could you tell me what to underlet a flat means?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    Some flats are underlet, which means that the occupier is somebody who pays a rent to the person who owns the lease of the flat.

    FAQ – Can a new company allocate carpark visitors spaces to residents?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    Can the new freehold company now allocate the carpark visitors spaces to residents?

    FAQ – Can we charge admin fees?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    There is much contradictory information on the web that suggests that we can’t charge admin fees unless they’re specified in the lease.

    FAQ – Can I resign from my position in our RMC?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    I own a flat in a block of six flats, five own a share of freehold and we have created a Ltd management company that we self-manage.

    FAQ – Should we set up a residents association?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    We have tried to start a Resident’s Association. Am I right in saying that we need 60% of the residents to form the association?

    FAQ – Do I have to pay for replacement windows?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    I recently put double glazed windows in my flat with my landlord’s consent. I have now received a bill for window replacement in my block. Do I have to pay?

    FAQ – Lease variation required?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    I intend to make alterations to my flat with the landlord’s consent. Will the lease need to be varied?

    FAQ – Breaches of covenant

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    Please would you help? Long term breaches of Covenant requiring floor covering with carpet was discussed in the past.

    FAQ – Noise in a leasehold flat

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    I have lived in my private flat for 27 years where there is a policy in place forbidding any noise between 10pm and 9am.

    FAQ – Do gas companies really have the right to by pass planning consent?

    By Flat LivingJanuary 1, 2015

    Do gas companies have the right to bypass planning consent, ignore aesthetic considerations, and possibly reduce the value of our property?

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