COMMENT So the sharper end of the City reckons its punt on retirement housing may pay off next year. The Sunday Times article on the possible float of McCarthy and Stone was preceded by one in the FT, here According to the FT a number of investment banks have been in contact with McCarthy and […]
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McCarthy and Stone float: before we expand retirement housing, here are a few urgent reforms …
July 21, 2014 By
Five ways retirement leaseholders can fight back
October 7, 2013 By
Campaign against retirement leasehold exploitation and LKP have pushed leasehold abuses up the political agenda. There are serious retirement leasehold disputes now being addressed in the constituencies of several members of the Cabinet. Sir Peter Bottomley, Tory MP for Worthing West, is determined to see these issues through and there will be a Commons debate […]
Our management fees have gone up 21 per cent. What can we do?
October 5, 2013 By
I am the chair of a residents association at a Peverel site that is 43 flats and 20 years old next year. We have a long running battle over Peverel’s management fees which for this financial year 2013/14 is £16,468 on top of all other costs in the service charge. Our research indicates that the fee […]
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March 1, 2012 By
31.03.12 – Lords to debate leasehold abuses The House of Lords is to debate residential service charges next month. The move comes from Baroness Gardner (left) following meetings with Melissa Briggs and Sebastian O’Kelly, of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, in February. Baroness Gardner, a former Westminster councillor who as an Australian comes from a country […]
