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Where a landlord has carried out a section 20 consultation in respect of major works but a genuinely unforeseen issue needs to be addressed during the works: Can the landlord incur these extra costs and re-charge as service charge? Or Will the landlord have to apply for retrospective dispensation if
Under the section 20 consultation procedure, is it necessary to serve notices on assured shorthold tenants or houses of multiple occupation that are comprised in the premises? If we do not know who the tenants of the flats are (which do fall within the remit of section 20), who should the notices be
A is purchasing a freehold property which is subject to a long residential lease of the first floor. A will occupy the ground floor, which currently has no lease. The first floor lease is fairly old and basic, and simply provides that the tenant is to pay a 50% contribution to the Landlord's
If a commercial lease contains a provision to pay service charge but service charge has never been demanded, is there a limit as to what period a landlord can request backdated service charge for?In the case of commercial premises, the protection afforded to residential tenants by the Landlord and
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