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Hi there. New to this forum and looking for advice. My friend owns one of 10 flats in an old church.He is an owner occupier with one other owner , the rest are rented out or for sale by the leaseholder who also is responsible for the service charges, building maintenance and insurance.
In the past few years, The landlord has been pushing for the owner occupiers to set up their own management committee to take charge of everything. I add at this point, landlord has not been providing insurance or service charge statements for the last 17 months and it’s known he is refusing to cooperate until the building management is offloaded to the owner occupiers. My friend hasn’t got the mental capacity to, or interest in setting up said committee
my friend is trying to remortgage but cannot do so without the buildings insurance documentation.
My question is, and I’ve tried to find out but going around in circles, can my friend be forced to do this and if he does, will he be partly responsible for arranging and paying for any maintenance and insurance needed for the building.
The other owner occupier refuses to get involved and the estate agent selling and renting the 8 remaining flats refuse to discuss.
landlord has continuously set up numerous companies for his business activities, dissolves them and sets the next one up. He is known by councils to be a rogue landlord and has keen fined on numerous occasions regarding houses he owns and rents out for refusing to resolve repairs to those properties.
any advice would be appreciated
In the past few years, The landlord has been pushing for the owner occupiers to set up their own management committee to take charge of everything. I add at this point, landlord has not been providing insurance or service charge statements for the last 17 months and it’s known he is refusing to cooperate until the building management is offloaded to the owner occupiers. My friend hasn’t got the mental capacity to, or interest in setting up said committee
my friend is trying to remortgage but cannot do so without the buildings insurance documentation.
My question is, and I’ve tried to find out but going around in circles, can my friend be forced to do this and if he does, will he be partly responsible for arranging and paying for any maintenance and insurance needed for the building.
The other owner occupier refuses to get involved and the estate agent selling and renting the 8 remaining flats refuse to discuss.
landlord has continuously set up numerous companies for his business activities, dissolves them and sets the next one up. He is known by councils to be a rogue landlord and has keen fined on numerous occasions regarding houses he owns and rents out for refusing to resolve repairs to those properties.
any advice would be appreciated
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