Leasehold Reform
Debate between Ruth Cadbury and Peter Prinsley(3 days, 18 hours ago)
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Ruth Cadbury
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Again and again, bills for service charges come in that are not properly itemised. There are items that do not actually exist, such as landscaping maintenance, and there is a refusal to open up. Some leaseholders are even getting charged by solicitors for what should be a right.
Peter Prinsley (Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket) (Lab)
Does my hon. Friend agree that such service charges are an outrage? There should be some form of guarantee associated with what services are in fact provided. I, too, have had many constituents complain to me about the complete lack of services that they pay for. As she says, if those services were something that was being paid for on the open market, trading standards officers would be involved.