| SINKING
FUND CONTRIBUTIONS: A
discrepancy of £680 was found in the Sinking
Fund Contributions included in the 2018/19
Annual Account. This matter
remains unresolved as of November 2019 and
should it remain so it means that once again
the residents will have to stand the loss out of their Service Charge contributions. |
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See the
managing agent's explanation for this here. |
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| SERVICE
CHARGE WITHELD: Instructing
Archer Law Solicitors to send unwarranted
letters threatening to take Legal Action
regarding the Service Charge which had been
witheld, this matter could have been handled
more appropriately without spending the
residents money when it wasn't necessary.
This expenditure is a misuse of funds and a
misguided decision on the part of the
director and committee who should be held
accountable.. |
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Archer Law Ltd
includes all related correspondence |
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| ERECTION
OF SPINNEY AND FENCE: Expenditure
involved with the installation of a spinney
complete with a fence - this was erected on
common ground which actually breached the
lease. The purpose of this was to hide
it from the view of any estate visitors as
the director and committee decided that it
was unsightly to see washing hanging on a
line. |
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The Residents Pay Again; In Breach
of the Lease & Photos |
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| WASHING
LINE REMOVAL: Cost involved in the
removal of a residents washing post which
had been there for a number of years, the
director and committee stated it was on
common land and had to be removed, also it
was unsightly for visitors to the estate to
see washing on a line. Here are the relevant
links regarding this matter: |
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The Washing
Pole Saga including Photos,
Article in the
local Newspaper |
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| COMPANIES
HOUSE FILING; Whoever was responsible
for making the filing statement with
Companies House missed the deadline of
August 18, 2018, the consequence of this was
that a penalty had been levied against the
Sycamores for late payment, the penalty was
somewhere between £150 and £375,
unfortunately it is not known how much was
actually charged as this will have been
included in the Annual Account and not
itemised. The residents will have had
to pay towards this unwarranted cost! |
| Details
can be viewed here. |
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| WEBSITE:
Expenditure incurred from the previous
solicitor in sending threatening and
intimidating letters in an effort to close
down the unofficial website. Because
there was no itemisation given for the
solicitors costs for these letters, the
expenditure involved was hidden however the
residents have contributed to this misuse of
their service charge. Below are the relevant
links: |
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Original
Letter;
Letter dated 1/12/17;
Letter dated 12/6/18;
Letter dated 26/6/18; |
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MISSING FUNDS:
Discrepancy £600 found in the 2012 Annual Acount when the previous
accountant was handling the accounts, when
queried at the 2017 AGM, he stated this was
a 'typo error', in fact it wasn't and no
satisfactory explanation was received from
him, nor did the director and committee do
anything about it. The consequence of this
was that the loss of the £600 came out of
the residents service charge! |
