Posted by David on August 2, 2007, 9:04 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." As I have mentioned, the January accounts for The Charthouse estimate the plumbing checks to be £12,000 for 80 flats. Thats £150 per flat. Charles has stated the actual cost of the check is £50 per flat. I am just asking for clarification as to which one is correct and what the total was for the whole development? "Therefore, even if plumbing checks cost a thousand pounds per flat, they are in that respect cost-efficient." If our actions do not change the view of an insurer, then clearly this isn't the case. Has any insurer agreed in writing that our actions will yield the goal we are looking for? "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 " Whether its a higher costs depends on the net cost of employing the plumber, less the cost of the plumbing checks to PP, less the income generated for BW by the plumber for chargeable works. "I am not sure how we go about breaking down previous claims" If we have never broken this down, how did we measure what effect the plumbing checks would have and therefore what evidence did we present to insurers to get their agreement that this route would be helpful?

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