Posted by AndyS on August 2, 2007, 7:39 am, in reply to "Re: Response to Charles"

Gah. I don't have the figures on me - but if you look at your service charge, the PP payments are in there per block. I have stated REPEATEDLY that the heart of the issue is not what the breakdown of failures is. The issue that we face is whether or not we can actually get any insurance at all. I am not talking about "how much insurance will cost" or "is this the most cost-efficient way of reducing claims" but "Can Burrells Wharf receive insurance cover this year?". Therefore, even if plumbing checks cost a thousand pounds per flat, they are in that respect cost-efficient. This solution had to be implemented this year. What happens next year is what needs to be discussed. Whether or not we can have an in-house plumber is something that we could look into - but there is a natural railing by residents against higher staffing costs that we would have to deal with. I have provided a breakdown of what we think that we have prevented on another post. I am not sure how we go about breaking down previous claims - I will ask the managing agent today if they have details of previous years.

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