Over to you. This area can be used as you wish. It is a general area for tenants to communicate amongst yourselves. If you are moving out and want to sell stuff or if you want to know if someone wants stuff you are going to chuck out ; use this space. If someone is parking in your space you could try this space.

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We have tried to catch up with all the small jobs around De Montfort Court at the beginning of the year

• doors to no 2 and no 8 have been repaired
• the smoke alarm at flat 17 has been fixed
• the light bulb at flat 15 has been replaced
• we have organised moss clearing at the rear

Keep telling me or Karen what jobs need to be done and we\'ll get them done!

Despite the lack of comment I am going to keep you all up to date. I have been reviewing the budget for next year. It is interesting that electricity costs have gone up by a factor of three since 2005 and that the government\'s cost indices show that the cost of maintenance has gone up by arounfd30% since then. Service charges have risen by around 5% in the period.

We are becoming a wee bit more modern in our thinking and we\'d like to have an electronic debate on the management of the block and hear your views on what is good , what is not so good , and , critically , to have some suggestions on what can be done better.

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We have extended one lease in the block now. I won\'t reveal the cost but I will repeat that the cost rises with effuxion of time. We are always willing to extend leases and now that we know how to do it it should be easy and quick.

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