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3)_ re: WADE quote - meter cupboards - now costed by Management and appears on Management's Spreadsheet and includes additional meter cupboard to cover basement electricals (and yes, on voting outline supplied for June 13 meeting, costs were not outlined)
4)_ re: WADE quote - new brass furniture for tenant doors - see item (b) above (and yes, on voting outline supplied for June 13 meeting, costs were not outlined)
5)_ re: WADE quote - new brass front door bell console - a cost was outlined on voting outline supplied for June 13 meeting - avg. quote £450 (to include renovating handrail and voted 10-0 FOR...)
I am at a total loss as to your assertion that Management's £35,000 does not include VAT. For hopefully the last time, it does, as Management's Spreadsheet will well evidence.
A perusal of the last twenty odd emails, letters etc since your initial meeting on June 13 have stated categorically that the £35,000 includes VAT @ 20%. As indeed did the original £27,000 budget.
It was further confirmed in emails to you when you provided your own Spreadsheet, when it was pointed out (on many occasions) that your WADE total costs did not include VAT, but Management's total as outlined on your Spreadsheet, did include VAT. It was also pointed out that you had used our average quote costs (incl. VAT) and hence the figures for Management's total were incorrect, both because you had used our average quote costs, as well as including VAT on Management's total, but not on WADE's. Consequently your Spreadsheet was both incorrect and very misleading, again as pointed out innumerable times. If this is what your majority/consensus was based on, it needs careful re-appraising by that same majority/consensus Lessees.
Your reply, if you recall, was that it was industry practice to quote ex VAT. I agreed, but pointed out that in law, Tenants/Lessees have to be advised of all costs including any VAT. That's Landlord & Tenant Act law.
On receipt of your answers to items (a) - (j) above, plus any other comment you wish to make re: the Section 20 Notice, taking further regard of Segar's email request, I will forward Management's Spreadsheet outlining both WADE's & Management's total costs including VAT, with full detailing, costs per contractor (best value, not average) etc etc.
I would finally add, that had you followed, as requested but rejected, Management's Works Specifications, comparisons from various contractors would have been made so much easier. As such, any comparison between Management's costs (following the correct Table of Works Specifications) and alternative quotes (WADE's and HEMI's in your case) is not as clear cut as it should be. Exactly as I warned would be the situation if proper procedures were not followed. And it's still not totally clear why alternative quotes were necessary, save for an insistence coming from various quarters that the works required one single contractor as opposed to Management's far more economic, individual contractor's quotes per job. A saving I would propose Management are guaranteeing of around 60% if not more. Thoughts of your initially recommended Solicitor's high fees come floating back!
In truth, this whole project is now a total disaster and has reduced Mitre House into nothing short of total unneighbourly discord amongst some Lessees (or as you describe, an unbearable
atmosphere), but certainly not all, despite Management's best efforts to avoid such a situation,