Norwich Leaseholders' Association |
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Representing residential leaseholders to Norwich City Council |
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Strength in numbers |
Next meeting - Wednesday 1st July 7.30pm at City Hall
| Press release 15/1/09 - Greyhound Opening | |||
Leaseholders find the council to be ill-informed, incompetent and untrustworthy on housing matters. After attending two Audit Commission tenant focus groups this week, even I was shocked by the revelations. The anger and frustration against you, the landlord, was palpable. Tenants and leaseholders are determined that this week's audit inspection will expose the problems we face every day, but the Commission's report will not be published until April. The council's lacklustre response to the last bad report only increases our fear: if a bad landlord fails to put its house in order, then government funding can be withheld - and this would make things even worse.
Evening News 14/1/09 : Tenants issue vote of no confidence in council
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| Consultation | |||
We are delighted to report that over the past year
leaseholders have started to influence council plans for block
communal works, especially on door entry systems. |
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| Management Fees (updated 21/1/09) | |||
The Norwich Leaseholders' Association (NLA) protested for years that a Leasehold Management Fee was not chargeable if there is no reference to it in the lease. At a Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in May 2007, the council lost the case against one of our leaseholders with a stinging rebuke from the Chairman. The case was taken to Appeal on 21st October 2008 and the council argued successfully that a lease would not exist without a management infrastructure. This is a landmark judgement and is likely to be used as a precident in future cases. The council may only levy a management element against services and works already chargeable through the lease. We are working on it. For background, click here | |||
| Digital Switchover (updated 21/1/09) | |||
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This is what our new communal TV systems (called IRS) will look like. We have been told that the 5-core cable shown in this photograph will be used carry the signal across the voids of up to 20 metres between buildings at roof-top level. The contractor uses 16ft aerials as standard. IRS is now well underway and our concerns continue to be ignored and overruled. If you buy a set-top box, the new communal TV service will give you access to digital radio, satellite services, Freesat and Freeview. Tenants and leaseholders have protested long and hard over lack of consultation on this project and we have achieved a reduction in the charge from £47 to £35 per annum over 20 years. Our repeated questions over lack of consultation have been ignored and there continues to be no resident involvement to review the visual impact of the cables. If you are worried about the impact on your estate ask for the proposed plan and comment on it. The council is bound to give "due regard" to your opinion. We are taking the project to Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and we will keep you up to date. |
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