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Privaty of Estate
Is there a website that will explain this as we have just purchased an apartment and the agents are trying to charge us the excess service charge for the previous year
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You mean Privity of Estate. It is the concept in property law that there is a legal relationship between a landlord and a tenant, with shared rights and responsibilities. The landlord and tenant share an interest in the same property.
I have no doubt that if you read carefully what you have signed up to that you are liable. If you have received something about the charge that contains the phrase "privity of estate" it is a veiled way of saying that if you don't pay up we'll chuck you out and see you in court.
I have no doubt that if you read carefully what you have signed up to that you are liable. If you have received something about the charge that contains the phrase "privity of estate" it is a veiled way of saying that if you don't pay up we'll chuck you out and see you in court.
Your solicitor should have put a clause in the sale contract making the seller liable for any service charge applicable to the period up to the sale date, or alternatively one a reserve amount should have been held by the solicitor to pay it when the amount had been identified.
If your solicitor did not do this, you may have a claim against him/her. Talk to him/her in the first instance.
If your solicitor did not do this, you may have a claim against him/her. Talk to him/her in the first instance.
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