Your estate charge, finally clear
Here’s what you’re paying for. Here’s whether it’s fair. Here’s what you can do.
Is your estate charge fair?
A rough orientation from your estate’s features — not a valuation or legal advice. A full review checks your charge against your deeds, line by line.
Opaque, and you’re stuck
Most residents pay an estate charge without ever being shown what it buys — or whether it’s reasonable.
The bill is opaque
An annual charge with no real breakdown — you can't see what the money actually buys.
There's no benchmark
Is £428 a year fair, or steep? Without comparable estates, you've nothing to judge it against.
It's hard to act alone
Challenging a charge or changing managers feels like a job for a committee you don't have.
Understand, check, act
Three steps from “I don’t get this bill” to “I know exactly what to do next”.
Understand your charge
We break your estate bill down into plain English — what each line is, and what it should cover.
See whether it's fair
We set your charge against comparable estates and your own deeds, so you know if it's reasonable.
Know your options
From asking for a proper breakdown to challenging a charge — or running the estate yourselves.
Line by line, in plain English
We take the single annual figure and split it the way it should have been shown to you — each line set against comparable estates. Here, grounds and roads sit in line; the management fee is the one worth questioning.
Two ways in
You’ve got a bill
You want to understand your estate charge and know whether it’s fair — before you pay it again or take it further.
You run the estate
You control the management company and want to run it well — clear accounts, fair charges, and neighbours who trust the numbers.
The rules are changing in your favour
New rights for residents on managed estates are switching on — clearer information and real routes to challenge unreasonable charges. It’s a live, shifting regime, so we date-stamp everything we publish. This is general information, not legal advice — your exact rights depend on your estate’s deeds.
See whether yours is fair
Tell us about your estate and what you’re paying. We’ll help you work out whether it’s fair and what your options are.
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