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Between myself and the leaseholder of the upstairs flat we have had an S20 for the repainting of the property. Normally it would be fine but Hyde or totally incompetent and the cost is up to £20,000. About 3/4s of that is for the scaffolding and charges.
As the only 2 leaseholders can we tell the freeholder to get stuffed and for us to undertake the work?
In the terms of the lease we are liable for maintenance and they are responsible for any external fix and repairs. EG Windows are their liability but the glass in them is ours.
The issues are at least 2 lots of the windows actually need replacing not painting over. What I want to avoid is the scaffolding going up, coming down and then going up again.
We got the place painted using some local tradesmen about 6 years ago, we got in touch and their quote was about half.
The freeholder charges 10% of total cost as management charge, the work has been estimated to take up to 5 weeks but should be done in less than 2. However as I see it neither the freeholder, contractor or scaffolding company has any inventive to do it quickly.