Service Charge Policy Review

At Settle, we’re committed to ensuring our Service Charge Policy is clear, fair, and reflects the services we provide.


Update: Under review - 10th October

Thank you for all the valuable feedback on our Service Charge Policy! We are pleased to share that we received a total of 31 insightful comments and suggestions, as well as 15 survey responses. Your contributions are essential, and we're excited to explore your ideas.

Our vision is to ensure a safe, comfortable, and affordable home for every household. This policy covers the calculation, notification and collection of annual service charges from all residents in general needs, supported housing, flexicare and retirement living schemes, shared owners, leaseholders and freeholders.

🗣️ Here's what we heard:

  • 80% of residents thought the language in the policy was clear
  • 83% of residents thought that the policy was easy to understand.

There were three core themes raised by residents around our Service Charge Policy:

  1. Residents expressed frustration with inconsistent service charges and would value a clearer breakdown and reductions in fees - especially if services are not received

  2. Residents value timely communication around service charge enquiries

  3. Residents would appreciate more consistent upkeep of communal areas, given the contributions they make through service charges.

We are now reviewing all feedback and revising the policy based on what you said and will publish the updated version with all your thoughts included soon.

We want to make sure this policy truly reflects residents' priorities.

Follow this project to stay informed at the bottom of the page and be the first to know!


Service charges help cover costs for things like grounds maintenance, cleaning of communal areas, and repairs to systems like door entry, lifts, and fire alarms. These charges are always based on what’s spent - Settle doesn’t make any profit from them.

To make sure the policy promotes fairness, reasonableness, transparency, accuracy, and consistency, we’d love to hear from you!

Your feedback will help shape how we continue to support residents, which is why we're inviting you to take our simple survey that should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.


📋This policy is no longer accepting feedback.

At Settle, we’re committed to ensuring our Service Charge Policy is clear, fair, and reflects the services we provide.


Update: Under review - 10th October

Thank you for all the valuable feedback on our Service Charge Policy! We are pleased to share that we received a total of 31 insightful comments and suggestions, as well as 15 survey responses. Your contributions are essential, and we're excited to explore your ideas.

Our vision is to ensure a safe, comfortable, and affordable home for every household. This policy covers the calculation, notification and collection of annual service charges from all residents in general needs, supported housing, flexicare and retirement living schemes, shared owners, leaseholders and freeholders.

🗣️ Here's what we heard:

  • 80% of residents thought the language in the policy was clear
  • 83% of residents thought that the policy was easy to understand.

There were three core themes raised by residents around our Service Charge Policy:

  1. Residents expressed frustration with inconsistent service charges and would value a clearer breakdown and reductions in fees - especially if services are not received

  2. Residents value timely communication around service charge enquiries

  3. Residents would appreciate more consistent upkeep of communal areas, given the contributions they make through service charges.

We are now reviewing all feedback and revising the policy based on what you said and will publish the updated version with all your thoughts included soon.

We want to make sure this policy truly reflects residents' priorities.

Follow this project to stay informed at the bottom of the page and be the first to know!


Service charges help cover costs for things like grounds maintenance, cleaning of communal areas, and repairs to systems like door entry, lifts, and fire alarms. These charges are always based on what’s spent - Settle doesn’t make any profit from them.

To make sure the policy promotes fairness, reasonableness, transparency, accuracy, and consistency, we’d love to hear from you!

Your feedback will help shape how we continue to support residents, which is why we're inviting you to take our simple survey that should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.


📋This policy is no longer accepting feedback.

Page last updated: 28 Oct 2024, 12:35 PM