Meeting with FirstPort, Taylor Wimpey and residents of 57 to 59 Henry Darlot Drive (Case Ref: DT15604)
Beth Lancaster
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57&59HDD agenda for meeting with TW & FP
Context: Frequent outages of hot water and heat supply for extended periods since completion in 2022 due to a poorly maintained CHP system (part of fixtures and fittings) that had been in use since 2017 culminating in a complete breakdown of all boilers in Jan 2024
Agenda:
1. Leaseholders being coerced into paying Plant & Machinery costs totalling GBP65K in the two financial years 2023/2024 and 2024/2025, representing a 10-fold increase of the combined budget of GBP6380 within two years of the builder's warranty after completion which typically covers defects in fixtures and fittings.
The following cost descriptions in Plant & Machinery were deemed to be within leaseholders' contractual obligations:
"Temporary boiler charges"- 9872 (2023/2024)
"Replacement boiler cost"- 21942
"Fuel for replacement boiler: -8906
"Fuel cost accrual" - 18430
"Servicing & Call-outs"- 1573
Our expectations for plant & machinery costs for a newbuild were also in line with the budgets provided by FP which showed only GBP5000 for 2024/2025 and GBP1380 for 2023/2024
2. Request for confirmation of a minimum refund of GBP15789 based on a 63/37 cost allocation between 55HDD and 57&59HDD agreed by FP. Above refund derived entirely from financial data provided by FP.
3. Request for confirmation of reversal of administration charges levied on late or partial payment of service charges under protest. Despite FP's written replies made to Dan's office about waiving or holding off such charges until resolution of our dispute, they have been levied in full with threatening letters to leaseholders without exception.
4. What's being done currently to ensure adequate hot water and heat supply to leaseholders will remain uninterrupted? To what extent has the cost related to the ongoing "improvement" of the CHP maintenance been fully reflected in our 2026/2027 budget?
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