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I still cant see how the DPA letter will not make them give me a breakdown of charges to my account, They are charges to MY account only these are not for any maintenance, just charges due to "non payment of Ground Rent"

The "Admin fees" are due to the unpaid rent, they are nothing to do with the maintenance costs which are paid to a seperate entity, When i wrote to them asking them how "admin Expenses" OF £146.88 could be incurred within 2 days of the issue of the invoice, i sent them a cheque for £100 for the ground rent in full and final settlement of the account as i did not think that their charges were reasonable. They wrote back returning the cheque and threatened to inform the mortgage company that we had not paid the ground rent, and that they were going to approach them (the mortgage co) for payment. I wrote again requesting a breakdown of how such charges could be accrued in 2days from the issue of the original invoice. They wrote back with a list of the charges that they charged for things for example A breakdown of "Administration Expenses" would cost me £17.82 A copy of the lease would cost me £x Etc etc. I have since written back confirming that we have no intention of paying any unsubstantiated "Admin Expenses" and that i had informed the mortgage provider of the situation and that i had offered to pay the Ground Rent but refused to pay such ridiculous charges. Will the DPA letter get me the breakdown of charges ?

unfortunately not, can i request one with the DPA letter ?

My wife owns a second property, and recently recieved a notice from the Freehold managers demanding payment of £100 ground rent and £146.88 in "Administration Expenses" i have tried unsucessfully (so far ) to extract a breakdown of the costs that have been applied to the account. There had been no previous correspondance from this firm although they have since informed me that the ground rent was due on 31st March 2005, the letter which also contained a "copy" of the original invoice. The "Copy" of the original invoice was dated the day before the letter demanding the total of £246.88. I pointed this out to the company involved and they now say that it was a reprint and not a copy. Can i ask for a breakdown of charges under the DPA in this instance ?