mogstar1

definitely push them for proof. If they would have needed to gain access then they need to be able to say how. My husband said that he kept badgering. There was nothing there to inspect other than two lights so he asked how the costs broke down to cover that. The high price of these 'inspections' are extortionate (the charge for the whole property was over ?500 which we were to split with downstairs) and completely out of proportion with what they are saying they are doing so even if they are doing these inspections (which they definitely did not in our case) they are completely outrageous. Someone is making a profit out of this and the housing team really do need to address this.

Hi there We challenged this with the council as the only block lighting we have is a couple of shared lights in a communal alley that we share with our downstairs neighbour. We were unaware that anyone had visited - they need to ask for a key for access - so we asked when this happened. They sent us a photograph of the outside of our house as 'proof' that the contractors had visited and we challenged this saying that this only proves they were outside the house and suggested they challenge the contractors. They did this and the contractors admitted they hadn't visited so the council admitted that we should not have been charged. We had already paid the money so they refunded the money. This is clearly a scam on the contractors front and I can't help but wonder who it is in the council that is letting them get away with this. My husband had to exchange a load of emails with them before we got to the bottom of it all and the thing that got them to realise that nothing had been actually done was him asking them to send us a description of the work that they claim had taken place and were invoicing for. They couldn't. So they had to admit nothing had happened. I urge everyone to challenge them on this. It is so dodgy.