"There is no reason to believe that there will be problems in the future" says landlord.

CQRA EGM 4th February

CQRA is holding an Extraordinary General Meeting for all owners to consider the future management of the site. The meeting takes place at 10:30AM, 4th February, at the Rose Theatre. If you are an apartment owner it is important that you attend.

The three year management order by the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal appointing HML Andertons in place of the landlord's management is due to end in August. Our landlord wants the site to return to their management and has told the Tribunal "there is no reason to believe that there will be problems in the future".

We know the very opposite to be true. In November 2011 the Tribunal ruled about the landlord's actions in 2008 and 2009. They highlighted various issues: the sweetheart deals with related companies; the onerous contracts and the huge insurance commission rake off. The Tribunal ruled the landlord's managing agents actions in the handover to Andertons were "disgraceful".

Owners should know one more thing about our trustworthy landlord. They charged us over £93,000 for "notional rentals of the common areas" covering the years 2005-2009. All five years of this "rental" were taken from our service charge account in 2009 just before the landlord's managing agent was thrown off the site.

• Michael Gaston the Managing Director of Estates and Management Ltd, the landlords agent, admitted in an email in November 2010 he should not have charged for these "rentals" and assured HML Andertons that he would pay the money back - They have not.
• In February 2011 Michael Gaston's PR man advised the Surrey Comet they would pay us the money back - They have not.
• In 2011 Andertons started a court action against the landlord to recover the money to the service charge account.
• In December 2011 the landlord went to court to try and have Andertons case struck out. They failed and had to pay Andertons legal costs.
• The issue is due to go to a final hearing this year. In addition to the £93,000 Andertons are seeking to recover legal costs and interest.

So when our landlord says "there is no reason to believe that there will be problems in the future" we hope you understand what they really mean.

If on the other hand you think our having to figtht them every inch of the way for the last four years is a reflection of how they would behave in the future. If you think that they might be looking for payback on the massive legal costs they have incurred not to mention the repeated humiliation in the courts and in the press. Or if you are just angry that they have never apologised to you. We recommend you turn up to the EGM on the 4th February.

We need you to turn up to the EGM to help keep the landlords hands out of your pockets! 

To see some of the other sites ongoing experiences with Peverel and more Peverel revelations you may like to read TTAS web site here

To see what the London Assembly thinks about the problems with leasehold service charges please read their latest discussion paper here