July 2008 – Commercial Property Service Charge – July 2008

In the current economic climate tenants are understandably looking to streamline their expenditure and minimise costs generally. Service charge apportionment and recovery is therefore becoming more contentious.  Typical service charge disputes relate to the following points: –

Whether the service charge expenditure is genuine
Whether tenants are getting value for money
The apportionment of the service charge
The managing agents fees

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