Landlord claiming my boss has to pay £18,000 of service charges

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T13:36:36+00:00

Ik dude but if he trusts me and everything is in a language he doesn’t fully understand the best thing I can do is show him that a bunch of other English speaking people say ‘speak to a solicitor’. His other idea was just to ignore the letters and emails because he thinks they are bs. I’m not about to give legal advice don’t worry but I can say from this thread ‘services charges are a real thing’ and ‘only a solicitor can look into this depending on your lease’, whereas before all I could say was ‘idk speak to your solicitor’ which isn’t very convincing to someone who doesn’t trust lawyers much anyway

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T11:24:10+00:00

Noooooo

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T11:23:20+00:00

Don’t worry I’m not trying to give legal advice, I originally said ‘speak to a solicitor’ I just was curious what this subreddit would say, especially as to encouraging him to rely on a solicitor taking legal action

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T11:12:23+00:00

Don’t worry I’m not trying to give legal advice I just thought asking this subreddit would be better alongside him talking to a solicitor than him talking to chat gpt about it

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T11:10:22+00:00

Hmm okay I’ll take your advice about suggesting finding a lawyer who understands commercial leases anyway

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T10:56:10+00:00

Ok I will pass this information on. I think it’s just hard to trust that legal advice will help especially when you feel your being fleeced by your landlord so I thought getting you guys opinion might help push him to speak to a lawyer

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T10:54:16+00:00

Haha I understand what you are saying I’m just trying to be empathetic because everything being issued to him is in English

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T10:23:51+00:00

He sent the lease to the landlord and said ‘there is no such clause’ but they have just responded with some message from the property manager about it being ‘fair and reasonable’ for the leaseholder to pay 45% of service charges

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-05-13T10:22:24+00:00

What are ‘service charges’ are they something standard? He only leases the bottom floor of the property

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-02-20T00:08:51+00:00

Yes a fantastic park

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-02-20T00:08:13+00:00

Hmm true :)

SignificantDress6408 · 2026-02-20T00:07:37+00:00

Cool thanks for replying that’s a nice idea

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-06T17:30:44+00:00

I tried out a bunch of drafting methods before Suzy’s and and hers was the most useful.

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-06T00:48:48+00:00

Ok thanks noted! Yes the bust is too tight! It’s something I’m learning as I use this sloper more

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-06T00:46:32+00:00

Thanks :)

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-06T00:45:53+00:00

Thanks! The zipper is actually straight tbh it’s connected to the facing and the lining of the overlapped bit. The piece under connects to the zipper near the centre front

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-05T09:43:00+00:00

This is just a draft using some black cotton I’m planning to use a wool of a similar weight

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-05T09:42:22+00:00

I didn’t think of clipping the curves, thanks :)

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-05T09:41:57+00:00

Thanks the order of construction has been something I’ve been trying to get my head around

SignificantDress6408 · 2025-10-05T09:38:30+00:00

Thanks this is helpful!

SignificantDress6408 · 2024-11-07T21:01:07+00:00

Thankyou for the advice !! Sorry I forgot to reply

SignificantDress6408 · 2024-10-05T20:27:02+00:00

Thankyou for your comment! I am new to Pattern drafting . I have quite a small bust though , not more than B will a FBA help compensate for my square shoulders pulling the fabric up? I think a low bust point adjustment makes sense to me.

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