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Are you being served? You and your service charges

Erika Laffan, an experienced Property Manager, considers some of the issues affecting flat owners. Nothing seems to irritate or upset leaseholders more than service charges but. In this regard, the Property Manager can rarely end up as the best guy on the block because no-one likes shelling out money whether it is to the Inland Revenue or to those responsible for looking a residential building. But someone has to do the job of looking after the building and in a way it is a vital role because it protect

News On The Block May/June 2002

NEWS ON THE BLOCK MAY/JUN 2002 BARBICAN BIRTHDAY The Barbican Arts Centre in the middle of the Barbican estate celebrates its twentieth birthday in April. The arts centre currently houses the London Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Guildhall School of Music. A special exhibition celebrating the twentieth anniversary will be held centre, running until the middle of April. The estate itself, at time of construction, was one of the most controversial housing projects to be built. I

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