Re: Management Fee
"We are all paying taxes that should be used to fund this or every estate should pay for it.
Anyone know why this is?"
In some estates, the setting up of a management company is agreed as part of the planning process. However, the main reason it became common is that developers for years were fed up waiting for the council to take over estates, long after they were finished out, so the management company represents a way for the builder to hand over responsibility. In fairness, once a developer has finished out all work to an acceptable standard, there is no reason he\she should have an open ended maintenance responsibility. Also, many developments are mixed and include some apartments (for which a management company is a necessity), so once it is there, why not use it seems to be the attitude.