New build managers ‘undercutting’ buyers’ prosperity, MP warns in crackdown call

New build managers ‘undercutting’ buyers’ prosperity, MP warns in crackdown call

Alistair Strathern described ‘a new homes stealth tax’ affecting some new-build estates. New build estate managers are “undercutting” the prosperity which homeowners are meant to feel, an MP has said, as he called for a crackdown on fees and charges. Labour MP Alistair Strathern warned that some house buyers in “fleecehold” relationships risk double-paying for services – through private fees and council tax – when town halls fail to adopt new bu…