Jenny NICE LIVERPOOL

So important to never forget the referendum was ADVISORY people. Why was there never a proper analysis of the impact the options and a clear decision taken??. Based on fact analysis not fiction. It’s not too late to think and #StopBrexit businessinsider.fr/uk/second-brex…

We are where we are with leasehold, none of it good. The real tragedy is the wasted years beforehand when change was possible but squandered. When governments normalize the dysfunction because it’s easier than confronting it.

@landlord_secret Probably a similar argument. The problem is litigation is expensive whereas small landlords are a disparate and varied group, often with modest means. That’s why they’ve been such a tempting target for government. Some kind of group funding/litigation might be possible but hard

The question we need the answer to is "is this actually a serious setback" ? Leaseholders need to know ASAP. "The Department for Housing, Communities & Local Government was approached for comment" ....... @mhclg @mtpennycook @SteveReedMP #LeaseholdScandal

Good news.

@RickSacrop @jeremy_average Companies house is a joke it’s irrelevant as we’re one of many. They are part of something much bigger. Haha 😜 very very very dodgy most of them. They work for a REIT not for us

@Jenny_Nice @jeremy_average Sounds dodgy to me. Although the audit may has been based on a sample, they should still let you have the full accounts. Companies House has all the records of accounts and are free.

One of the reasons you often find elderly people, on their own, in a large house is stamp duty. If they downsize they get clobbered for tax so it isn't economically viable. Abolish stamp duty on downsizers and we will see a huge shift in the market. And HMRC get Tax on the resale

@dominicahern @Victoria_Spratt Yes that’s what happened to many of our Leasholders. Conveyancing lawyers def. in the loop

@Victoria_Spratt Or they are forced to use conveyancers from the builder’s panel of firms who then pushes through unfair terms. You need to look deeper than the legal firms.

Major reason why leasehold is so pernicious is that many ppl don’t have access to specialist legal advice I’ve been contacted by a leaseholder who has sent me the email chain with their lawyer - a conveyancing solicitor They’ve received v bad advice for years - heartbreaking

@Victoria_Spratt People have lives and neither time nor money to chase lawyers, surveyors, MA accounts for invoices as the “service charge accounts prepares according to lease” are obscure and lack detail. Meanwhile buildings are not being maintained. Ground Rent is in many ways a red herring.

@Victoria_Spratt Large block, LH group (some funds previous MA collected on our behalf ) seeking RTM. We need a lawyer, we need a surveyor. The lawyer recommended another lawyer, who recommended a surveyor who said no, you need a lawyer, recommended another lawyer - no check with a surveyor.

So Trump basically gave Iran everything they wanted and we got the Strait of Hormuz opening… which was already open before the war started. ART OF THE DEAL EVERYONE!

@RickSacrop @jeremy_average Accounts obscure headings vary not detailed We have 4 charge allocations. Maybe 30% leasehold engagement. Audit says: We checked, based on a sample, whether entries in the accounting records were supported by receipts, other documentation or evidence we inspected.

@Jenny_Nice @jeremy_average Under my lease, they are required to present audited accounts. Ask them for them and see what they say. Get neighbours to all do it.

Would someone, anyone let @BBCNews know that the cancelling of a music festival is not a bigger and more important story than a massive war in the Middle East.

Donald Trump created an international disaster over absolutely NOTHING and then entered into a negotiation in which he gave up EVERYTHING. This guy is a massive loser elected by 77 million lost and misguided Americans. America is weak under Trump.

Never thought I'd see the day when I agree with Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Marjorie Taylor Greene... ... but they're ALL calling for the 25th Amendment to be invoked to remove trump from office. What a bizarre moment in time.

@RickSacrop @jeremy_average Yeah then when/ if you get them it’s our job to sort them. We have some many missing don’t add up. Why in gods name don’t managing agents have to supply audited accounts in detail?? We get a mess it’s our job to analyse infer and take them to tribunal at our expense

@Jenny_Nice @jeremy_average You have more control than you think on service charges. They have to be able to demonstrate how the charge was arrived at, with invoices if necessary.

A reminder: if you are a US pilot and you are ordered to nuke a civilian target or bomb a nuclear power plant with the goal of producing a nuclear disaster affecting civilians, you have a legal duty to refuse to comply with such an order

@RickSacrop @jeremy_average They’ve as usual focused on the wrong thing, endless arguments on ground rent what the point of it is. (Making money for nothing ). The real issue is many apartments are badly maintained. Meanwhile extortionate service charges are levied,over which residents have no control.

@jeremy_average @Jenny_Nice I thought it had been agreed but you are probably right.

Peabody no longer have a social media presence, but it's worth noting that both lifts in a new build 6 story building are broken, the repairs service aren't answering & it's impossible to report this 'emergency' online. And the fire doors don't work.

🇫🇷 Seriez-vous favorable à l'introduction d'un système de consigne en France ? 🤔 🇩🇪 Le système de consigne en Allemagne permet de récupérer une somme d'argent sur les contenants en verre, plastique PET et aluminium. 📈 Grâce à cette incitation économique, l’Allemagne atteint des taux de retour exceptionnels, autour de 98 % pour les bouteilles et canettes à usage unique. 🌍 Ce dispositif réduit drastiquement les déchets sauvages, économise des ressources naturelles par le réemploi et le recyclage de haute qualité. 💰 Les citoyens récupèrent leur argent en rapportant les contenants dans les supermarchés, ce qui implique tout le monde et rend les espaces publics plus propres.

While it has been recognised for several years that low intelligence is a factor in support for populist projects like Brexit new research indicates that same low intelligence makes individuals unable to understand why they are wrong in short they're dim and don't know it Ironic

England is the only country in the world to privatise its water companies and this Thatcherite experiment has obviously been a complete failure. Then the rightwing press accuses lefties of being dogmatists who put ideology ahead of pragmatism.