Max wrote:I have a flat in Deane Court Bolton, don't why for some reason from paying £98 per month management charges it has shot up to 166? I have emailed and called the offices many times and have had no responses and have always been told someone will call back or person is out on lunch, meetings etc.
I used to have an apartment in Central Manchsester and they dont charge 166pm nor a an equivalent version in Bolton, average in Bolton is approx 40/60pm, this ridiculous.
Has anyone else been ripped off to this tune? they call it social housing? I call it civil servants in disguise creaming off joe pubic.
Also whats the breakdown of the actual fees?
Max
Hi Max
I am not going to go into to much detail tonight but we at a scheme in Walkden have also been messed about, ripped off, lied too and Contour/Symphony think they can spend our money like its going out of fashion without any prior consent and without providing any proof or paper trail to back up there internal procedures. How’s nearly £500 sound to remove and dispose of some tyres which they said had been fly-tipped in an area (a garage area) which is only accessible by a small group of residents with a key code! But wait I am not a resident who has a garage in this area but they have applied a portion of these charges to me and other residents! What really upsets me is this type of company can never fail simply because of the way it all works. The Deeds are their controlling factor to which you are legally bound but Contour/Symphony use the Deeds to there very best advantage…… To bully, confuse and harass people into ever increasing fees! I have been complaining and trying to get my voice heard for over 4 years! Its useless and absolutely ruined our New House Purchase (Yes House, Not Apartment) so much so we are looking to move, even in this bad climate.
This company is inflexible, uncompassionate, unreasonable, unprofessional, pretensions, misleading and only focus on one thing…………… How much profit they can rape out of Joe Public to furnish their lavish offices at the Lowry Centre! How else could they afford the Rent and Rates on a prime location without ripping people off? The last thing that gets to me is how we still have to pay full Council Tax even though they refuse us services because we live on a managed scheme. How is this fare? I bet if somebody investigated these companies they would find the founders to be Ex-Council/Governmental workers who found this very lucrative loophole that’s wide open to corruption!
I would urge anybody NOT to buy a property which is managed by this outfit!
Rest assured we will be posting more on here and we will be urging all our neighbours to do the same.
P.S. We recently received some correspondence from Contour/Symphony chasing payment but Contour/Symphony Accidently Included a Personal Letter addressed to another person!!! Another person not even on the same scheme as us, so I would urge everybody to question Contours/Symphonies Data Protection Polices because it clearly is NOT secure!
Regards
A Very Unhappy, Upset, Stressed Out Family
