{"id":144363,"date":"2024-05-13T14:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lq-has-raised-my-flats-service-charge-by-41-i-cant-afford-it\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T14:27:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T07:27:27","slug":"lq-has-raised-my-flats-service-charge-by-41-i-cant-afford-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lq-has-raised-my-flats-service-charge-by-41-i-cant-afford-it\/","title":{"rendered":"L&Q has raised my flat\u2019s service charge by 41%. I can\u2019t afford it"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis is causing enormous stress \u2026 and we don\u2019t even know what the money is needed forI own 35% of a one-bedroom shared ownership apartment run by the housing association L&Q. Since completion, 15 months ago, the \u00adservice charge has increased by 41% from \u00a3182.46 a month to \u00a3257.58, though my salary has only gone up by 3%. There is no attempt in L&Q\u2019s letter to justify this extortionate hike, which is creating enormous financial and emotional stress.MB, London Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…L&Q has raised my flat\u2019s service charge by 41%. I can\u2019t afford it<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is causing enormous stress \u2026 and we don\u2019t even know what the money is...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-Byr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":148107,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/our-flats-rising-ground-rent-is-going-to-ruin-our-move\/","url_meta":{"origin":144363,"position":0},"title":"Our flat\u2019s rising ground rent is going to ruin our move","date":"November 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Our buyer\u2019s lender has pulled out because the charge rises with the property\u2019s rising value. 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