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and externally and on requisite fire escape roofing and obviously our large hall and landing lights, we protected all with throw away items.
As we continually told her, do not muddle an already stressful situation with irrelevant queries.
If she had read the Surveyor’s Specifications of Works she would have noted no lighting or electrics – same for her Wade quote if tendered correctly against our Surveyor’s schedule of Works.
If you can’t be bothered to read specifications you can hardly be qualified to comment on works in hand or those not even costed for.
If I’ve missed any pertinent queries please advise as there are many – same goes for anywhere in this book.
It had been agreed by a majority of the tenants as part of the Section 20 process that the common parts would be painted white and taupe. This was consistent with the clear indication you had given to Diego Fortunati on 13 August 2014 when you confirmed to him that his choice of white (for the ceilings and dado rail) and taupe (for above and below the dado rail) could be expected to reproduce as expected without testing. However you subsequently had the common parts of Mitre House painted green and red, which had never been approved by the leaseholders. It was the “funky/edgy” colour scheme you had wanted from the outset, but which was absolutely unacceptable to the majority. Again it is fraudulent, in the absence of a proper explanation, to take the leaseholders’ money on the pretext that you will use it for a purpose they have approved, and then to use it (for a purpose they have not approved) to suit your own taste.
I repeat there was no majority or consensus for the décor suggested by Mrs Hillgarth and or Mr Fortunati but I will admit the taupe and white and black lift doors was the preference from Mr Fortunati – or in fact his wife who is not on the lease as lessee.
As previously stated Mrs Hillgarth didn’t want a black lift nor the lighting preferences of the Fortunatis
As previously explained, there was no majority and Management, now sick and tired of all the shenanigans, intrigue, changes of mind, contrary opinions all as described somewhere above, rightly decided to end the confusion and complete the task in the knowledge that it was almost impossible, in fact totally impossible to please everybody as everybody had, at times, differing opinions. What cannot be denied is that we had an agreed works budget of approx £105,000 and we were determined to not only stay within it but make certain that far more was accomplished than had been expected [ie as on the Schedule of Works].
How we spent that budget was of no concern to anybody so long as all works were completed professionally [our Contractor] and adequately [MHML] and additionally [myself with help] all of which was over seen by our Surveyor and our Contractor’s Project Manager
Had our Contractor not performed, or died or went bankrupt we would still have finished the works with alternative Contractors and certainly would not have even envisaged asking for Lessee approval. It’s what management does. It manages following schedules and budgets and so long as those are adhered to and the works are professionally [Surveyor]