Legal: 'If asked to advise a landlord or its managing agents, building surveyors must check with care the terms of the lease'

Before implementing works pursuant to service charge provisions it presupposes that 'the item in question suffers from some defect (i.e. some physical damage or deterioration or, in the case of plant, some malfunctioning) such that repair, amendment or renewal is reasonably necessary', the...

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Published inProperty Journal p. 57
Main Author King, Vivien
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors 01.07.2019
Subjects
Costs
Provisions
Tenants
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Before implementing works pursuant to service charge provisions it presupposes that 'the item in question suffers from some defect (i.e. some physical damage or deterioration or, in the case of plant, some malfunctioning) such that repair, amendment or renewal is reasonably necessary', the judge said. The mandatory requirements are underpinned by core principles, which cover, for instance, allocation, as well as a demonstrably fair and reasonable apportionment of the service charge between the tenants. The financial level of service charges has often come as a nasty shock to tenants; that should no longer be the case.
ISSN:2053-0935
2053-5732