An interesting Radio 5 show yesterday about what looks like a maintenance charge scandal involving some east London new build apartments close to the Olympic Village. Maintenance charges, paid by direct debit, are escalating wildly with neither notice nor obvious logic; services remain abysmal. One man had to call pest control himself and pay to rid the place of cockroaches, while £200 a month in service charges. Read more here, and scroll to the bottom to download the podcast.

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