How far in advance of starting cabling and suspended ceiling works is it reasonable for the managing agent to request payment? It's a section 20/exceptional charge, and a gating factor is that all the flats need to arrange for telephone and cable wiring to be moved before the work can start, but the majority have not done so. At the observed (by me, wandering around with a notebook every month) rate of change all flats will have moved their wiring by this time next year.
I've told the director who is in charge of the residents interaction with the managing agent that I'll pay only when I see that the works are likely to commence within three months.
How far in advance of starting cabling and suspended ceiling works is it reasonable for the managing agent to request payment? It's a section 20/exceptional charge, and a gating factor is that all the flats need to arrange for telephone and cable wiring to be moved before the work can start, but the majority have not done so. At the observed (by me, wandering around with a notebook every month) rate of change all flats will have moved their wiring by this time next year.
We're now on our second "pay or else".