Flat owners ‘held to ransom’ after service charge trebles to £7,000 a year

Hamid Elouahabi thought the figure was a typo at first (Picture: W8media)People living in a London block of flats have been told they must pay an extra £5,000 a year for their service charge due to flammable cladding. They say it is bad enough to be living in a building deemed at risk of fire, but are now expected to pay thousands of pounds extra ‘for nothing’. Dad-of-three Hamid Elouahabi, who lives in the building in Earls Court operated by a housing association, th