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Archives for May 2013

The ‘rent’ for house manager’s flat scam

If you have a resident house manager, the rent on his/her flat is typically the largest single item in the service charge.  It is also the item on which the landlord is likely to make the most profit since, very often, the rent he charges is well in excess of the local market rents for […]

How a wartime squadron leader, 94, downed Peverel

  Eric Matthews, dealing with irritants aged 94 Interview with Eric Matthews on the Channel Four website During the Second World War, when Eric Matthews, 94, was an RAF squadron leader, he was used to chalking up downed enemy aircraft. Now he is celebrating another victory over a lesser adversary: Peverel, which has had to […]

Should Peverel customers pay up using Premium Credit?

Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation readers have been in touch saying that if they wish to pay their Peverel service charges monthly by direct debit they must now enter a loan agreement with Premium Credit. Details are sketchy and Peverel says the payment system has been in place for more than 10 years and there […]