Im hoping somebody might be able to help me with a problem I have with my management company.
I bought my 3 bedroom house 6 years ago in a new mixed private development(houses and apartments). At the time of signing for the house I was informed I had to sign an agreement to enter into a management compnay or else the sale wouldnt go true. In addition 2 years fees had to paid upfront.
I admit I was pretty niaive about managment companys but the plans for the estate and images we were shown of how the estate would look were really really nice so I signed up.
I was one of the first to buy in the estate and as I wanted the house I paid the fees up front. It took a further year for the rest of the estate to be built.
There was a neighbouring council estate beside where I bought but there was no access to it(blocked by 10 foot high railings). After a couple of years the council sent a letter around to say that the railings were coming down and an access point was been created so that people from the neighbouring estate could walk through our estate.
Since that has happened myself and other residents have had terrible trouble with anti social behaviour and criminal damage. A lot of trees, plants that were planted by landscapers employed by the management company were pulled up by kids, graffiti started appearing everywhere and various other things started happening.
Anyway a number of us got onto the management company on numerous occasions but they never did anything to replace trees, plants, remove graffitti etc.
Anyway after a further 2 years of living with almost daily ASB a number of us decided to stop paying our fees. I know its probably not the best decision but we felt we couldnt continue paying the fees when we were subjected to countless acts of criminal damage due to the access point been open and getting no help from the management company to clear up any damage. In fact over a 2 month period I rang them 12 times and they never rang back.
My question is.. When i entered into the management company structure it was with the understanding that no access point was going to be created(we were never told this was been planned) so is my contract with the management company still valid if the access point was created.
I got a threatening letter from the management agents to pay outstanding fees. I think I will go to a solicitor about it but just wondering what other people here though.
Thanks
I bought my 3 bedroom house 6 years ago in a new mixed private development(houses and apartments). At the time of signing for the house I was informed I had to sign an agreement to enter into a management compnay or else the sale wouldnt go true. In addition 2 years fees had to paid upfront.
I admit I was pretty niaive about managment companys but the plans for the estate and images we were shown of how the estate would look were really really nice so I signed up.
I was one of the first to buy in the estate and as I wanted the house I paid the fees up front. It took a further year for the rest of the estate to be built.
There was a neighbouring council estate beside where I bought but there was no access to it(blocked by 10 foot high railings). After a couple of years the council sent a letter around to say that the railings were coming down and an access point was been created so that people from the neighbouring estate could walk through our estate.
Since that has happened myself and other residents have had terrible trouble with anti social behaviour and criminal damage. A lot of trees, plants that were planted by landscapers employed by the management company were pulled up by kids, graffiti started appearing everywhere and various other things started happening.
Anyway a number of us got onto the management company on numerous occasions but they never did anything to replace trees, plants, remove graffitti etc.
Anyway after a further 2 years of living with almost daily ASB a number of us decided to stop paying our fees. I know its probably not the best decision but we felt we couldnt continue paying the fees when we were subjected to countless acts of criminal damage due to the access point been open and getting no help from the management company to clear up any damage. In fact over a 2 month period I rang them 12 times and they never rang back.
My question is.. When i entered into the management company structure it was with the understanding that no access point was going to be created(we were never told this was been planned) so is my contract with the management company still valid if the access point was created.
I got a threatening letter from the management agents to pay outstanding fees. I think I will go to a solicitor about it but just wondering what other people here though.
Thanks