I agree, here is a related story I'd submitted a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25460601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25460601 This

I agree, here is a related story I'd submitted a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25460601 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25460601 This story is about how fire watches are being organised with little to no notice and the costs charged to the flat owners. In general the leasehold system in the UK is quite unfit for purpose and a proper feudal throwback. Agency problems galore and regulatory rent seeking at it's worst. I'm surprised there is not a more sustained political movement to get rid of it!