by jdecc | Aug 31, 2026 | Blog
Fresh hope for families who lost hundreds of thousands of pounds buying retirement community properties Industry controversy Recent national media articles have alleged serious consumer failings by UK retirement community developers. Highlighted cases include people...
by jdecc | Aug 10, 2026 | Blog
A service charge demand can become a family problem very quickly. One person is trying to understand the bill, another is speaking to an estate agent, and charges keep arriving while a retirement flat is empty, for sale or tied up in an estate. The government’s 15...
by jdecc | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog
A family can clear an empty retirement flat, put it on the market and still receive service-charge demands while no one is living there. For executors, adult children and owners who have moved into care, the difficult part is often not one single bill. It is the...
by jdecc | Jul 16, 2026 | Blog
An empty retirement flat can keep costing money long after a relative has moved into care or died. Service charge demands, management correspondence, council tax and a possible exit or event fee can all arrive while the family is still waiting for a buyer. That...
by jdecc | Jun 8, 2026 | Blog
No stopping ECC as international clams firm soars past major business milestone The beginning. Timeshare European Consumer Claims (ECC) incorporated in June of 2016, in response to decades of timeshare consumer abuse. Since the 1980s timeshare has had a shocking...
by jdecc | Apr 13, 2026 | Blog
The Leasehold Reform Act is being hailed as the biggest British property shakeup in the last 100 years. And it is hitting some retirement community property developers harder than others The problems with leasehold Since the 1920s a form of property...
