{"id":65204,"date":"2017-09-01T19:17:45","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T12:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-7600-plus-service-charge-on-my-flat-above-a-shop-is-bankrupting-me\/"},"modified":"2017-09-01T19:29:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T12:29:31","slug":"a-7600-plus-service-charge-on-my-flat-above-a-shop-is-bankrupting-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-7600-plus-service-charge-on-my-flat-above-a-shop-is-bankrupting-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A \u00a37,600-plus service charge on my flat above a shop is bankrupting me"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHer bill has soared by 1,420% \u2013 to more than her mortgage \u2013 after Heinz\u2019 property arm bought the freehold. Included is \u00a31,236 for cleaning a corridorHeinz is bankrupting me. That was the claim this week from Mary-Anne Thompson, who has seen the annual service charge on her London flat rocket from around \u00a3500 to more than \u00a37,600.She claims the \u00a3640 a month she has been asked to pay is \u201cextortionate\u201d and represents a sizeable chunk of her monthly income, adding: \u201cIt\u2019s more than my mortgage.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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