grannyactivist
Ah! but is it freehold or leasehold?
Your client would have had the service charges (and rises) outlined in the papers she signed when buying her property and whenever those service rises occured.
As the client's property has, without doubt, increased in value then she must expect that, like everything else, charges go up.
Her weekly shop, holidays, insurance, train fares all go up...why not service charges?
It's just a fact of life.
I let my family home as it's too big for me now and I rent in another county. The landlord has just said that he wishes to put the rent up by £50pm from mid summer so I will raise the rent I ask for my property accordingly so that my income doesn't change. We all have to juggle.