Q. My property is empty, why do I have to pay?
Answer:
Under the terms of your lease or transfer, service charge is payable for the full duration of the ownership of your property irrespective of whether it is occupied or empty.
Each property owner contributes towards the costs of the services and these contributions add up to 100%. If we did not charge you whilst the property was empty, we wouldn’t recover 100% of the costs and there would be a shortfall which would have to fall unfairly upon the other owners.
RETURN TO FAQ’sOther Service Charge & Ground Rent questions
- What is a Service Charge?
- What are my rights?
- Why is my Service Charge higher than my neighbour or the building down the road?
- What do I do if the wrong name is on my service charge invoices?
- What has happened to the Service Charge that I paid to the developer when I bought my home?
- What is the Management Fee?
- What is the Reserve Fund and Redecoration Fund?
- Why do I have to pay Service Charge when I live in a Freehold House?
- How do I know what Hobdens is spending my Service Charge on?
- Why has my Service Charge increased?
- How can I pay my Service Charge or Ground Rent?
- Why do I have to pay Ground Rent?
- What is the Service Charge?
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