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We are a group of leaseholders who have come together the address the management of Wharfside in Wigan. Like me, you have probably noticed a significant rise in service charge over the last couple of years and if you have visited the block recently, you will have also noticed a marked deterioration in the state of the building and the communal areas.
Routine maintenance is not being carried out. The communal areas are grubby. Faults and water leaks that I and other leaseholders reported years ago remain unfixed along with a host of other issues. This neglect of carrying out routine maintenance work and fixing identified issues is now affecting the fabric of the building which will end up costing significantly more.
As many of you know we tried to go down the Right to Manage (RTM) process in August 2022. We successfully got the numbers to go ahead but had to stop this process at the last minute as we were unable to obtain any buildings insurance
We now believe that we can get insurance. The block now has its own standalone buildings insurance policy rather than being covered by the managing agent’s portfolio wide policy. We believe that this standalone policy can be novated over to a new RTM
Since August last year we have seen service charge rise to over £300 per month, the building deteriorate and now we have been slapped with a bill over £250,000 to replace 2 lifts that yes do break down occasionally but seem to have years of life left in them.
Therefore, we are starting the Right to Manage process again. Please if you have not done so, download the attached form, complete it and either email it back to wharfsidewigan@gmail.com or upload below