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WELCOME TO YOUR SUMMER ISSUE OF FLAT LIVING MAGAZINE - THE PAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN QUITE EVENTFUL FOR US. On page 24 you will find details of Flat Living’s new Leaseholders’ Roadshows. The first roadshow event is being held at One Wimpole Street, Westminster W1 on the 1st November 2010. We receive many calls and letters from leaseholders needing advice and information on a wide range of topics, for example, how
to extend their lease, how to obtain the Right to Manage and how to purchase their freehold. Therefore we thought the best thing would be to get out to see you all. We only have 300 places available for our first event at One Wimpole Street - and half of these places have already been reserved. We have further roadshows planned for North, South, East and West London,
Brighton, Bournemouth, Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. To register your interest at any of our roadshows please email me, Nik Abel, at
info@flat-living.co.uk or call 0845 257 6374. Our website has just been re-launched, slightly later than planned, and includes
a host of new information that is being added to daily. In October we are launching a free downloadable Leaseholders’ Guide, which will provide information on all aspects of running a Residents’ Management Company and being a leaseholder - to be contacted when this is available please register online at
www.flat-living.co.uk. As ever our Health & Safety Guide is available for only £59 (see page 4) and we
have a brand new Fire Risk Assessment Guide that can be purchased online for only £39. We hope you enjoy our Summer Issue of Flat Living magazine, and please continue
to send us your stories, questions and queries to the usual address or email us at
info@flat-living.co.uk
Editor-in-Chief Nik Abel
CORRECTIONS
Technical Corrections: Your at-a-glance guide to service charges article, page 37, issue 3, the following corrections have been received:
That the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 obliges landlords to provide tenants with annual accounts - this section of the Act has not come in yet and is unlikely to do so for some months.
Under the Act, landlords must consult with tenants under Section 20 under the following circumstances:
Where relevant works that will cost any one tenant £250 [it is not per tenant per year]
Where the Landlord intends to enter into any long-term agreement (i.e. more than 12 months) and the cost will be more than £100 for any tenant [it is not necessarily for gardening and cleaning and it is not £100 per tenant per year].
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