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The following letter was sent to the leaseholders of the Goldthorpe building on the Curnock Estate. The original document can be found on this link. |
Home Ownership Service
Housing and Adult Social Care
Department
London Borough of Camden
Bidborough House
38-50 Bidborough Street
London WC1H 9DB
Tel: 020 7974 4444
Fax: 020 7974 6327
hos@camden.gov.uk
camden.gov.uk
21st February 2011
Your reference:
Our reference: R10/734
Contact: Emma Adjei 0207 974 8660
The Leaseholder(s)
Goldthorpe Camden Street London NW1 OHH
Dear Leaseholder(s)
Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
Schedule 3 Notice of Intention to Undertake Repair Works under an Existing Long Term Agreement
Unit Address: Goldthorpe,Camden Street,London,NW1 OHH
You may be aware that the Council is in the process of upgrading your property in the above contract by carrying out essential repairs. We intend to undertake these works under an existing long-term agreement previously consulted upon or an agreement entered into before October 31st 2003.
In accordance with the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, Camden Council, as your landlord, is obliged to inform you of any repair works where you are likely to contribute more than £250 towards repair work under the terms of your lease.
Under the terms of your lease you have agreed to pay a contribution towards the Landlords cost for repairs and maintenance to your blocks and estate.
We ask'that you take some time to read this Notice and the enclosures as it contains important information for you.
1. Description of Works
Camden Council hereby gives you notice under Section 151, Schedule 3 of The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 that it is intending to undertake the following works for the reasons stated.
Description of Proposed works
Water Tank Repairs/Replacement and all Associated Works
Reasons for Proposal
The existing tanks are in a very poor condition
2. Written Observations:
Under the above legislation the landlord must have due regard for any written observation it receives from leaseholders and is obligated to provide you with a response. We highly recommend that you, the leaseholder, contribute any observations you may have.
You have 30 days to make your written observations and these can be completed and returned to us on the attached form no later than Monday 28th March 2011.
We will respond to your observation letter within 21 days of receipt.
Observations should be sent to:
Emma Adjei
Home Ownership Services
London Borough of Camden
Bidborough House
38 - 50 Bidborough Street
London WC1H 9DB
Or email capitalservices@camden.gov.uk quoting R10/734 and property reference
3. Inspection of proposals
Under the legislation you have the right to view our work proposals to which end please find enclosed the work order form.
4. How is my contribution calculated?
To calculate your contribution towards the works Camden uses the rateable value of each property to apportion the costs of the works among the block fairly. The rateable value is set by the District Valuer and is based upon the size of your flat.
Rateable Value of Goldthorpe.Camden Street.London.NW1 OHH 359
Block Rateable 12298
X Block Charges £16,632.02 = £521.93
Your contribution towards these works is £ 521.93 plus an additional 10% toward Management Costs and 15.33% toward the costs for surveying, inspection and supervision. Therefore your total estimated contribution is £574.12
5. Charges
This work will be charged to you when we know the full cost of the works.
6. Proposed start date
Camden Council is not permitted to instruct the contractor to start these repair works until the consultation period has closed and all leaseholders observations have been responded to.
Should you have any questions or comments pertaining to this contract, please do not hesitate to contact me at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely
Emma Adjei
Camden Council
capitalservices@camden.gov.uk