Service charges, administration fees and rent
You'll find information here about standard charges and administration fees. Understand what you're obliged to pay and additional costs you might need to pay. Find out where to get more support should you need it.
Your lease, transfer agreement or tenancy agreement sets out your obligations when it comes to charges; such as rent, service charges and administration fees.
Shared ownership owners
Shared owners will find more information to help understand service charges on our myclarionhousing.com pages. If you’re having trouble paying your rent you'll find support on these pages of myclarionhousing.com as well.
Your rights and obligations
We're required to outline your rights and obligations in relation to administration charges where we're likely to need to demand payment of administration fees.
If you're in any doubt about your rights and obligations you should seek independent advice.
About administration charges
It's an amount which may be payable by you as part of, or in addition to, the rent you pay directly or indirectly:
- For, or in connection with, the grant of an approval under your lease, or an application for such approval.
- For, or in connection with, the provision of information or documents.
- In respect of your failure to make any payment due under your lease.
- In connection with a breach of a covenant or condition of your lease.
- If you're liable to pay an administration charge, it's payable only to the extent that the amount is reasonable.
Any provision contained in a grant of a lease under the right to buy under the Housing Act 1985, which claims to allow the landlord to charge a sum for consent or approval, is void.
Home ownership fees for 2022/2023
Administration and other fees are payable by our home owners for specific services or transactions. They're not included as part of any service charges you pay. You may also be liable to cover our legal costs.
Fee type | Charge | Payable by: |
Pre-sales pack | Including VAT | |
Apartment | £300 | Homeowner |
House | £180 | Homeowner |
Additional Enquiries: up to six questions |
£150 | Homeowner |
Nara Building and third party managing agents |
£150 | Homeowner |
Remortgage pack |
Including VAT | |
Apartment |
£150 | Homeowner |
House | £90 | Homeowner |
Additional Enquiries: up to six questions |
£150 | Homeowner |
Transfers and remortgage | Including VAT | |
Remortgage | £60 | Homeowner |
Transfer of equity | £120 | Homeowner |
Deed of postponement (homebuy remortgage) |
£120 | Homeowner |
Notice fees | Including VAT | |
Notice of transfer | £78 | Purchaser |
Notice or charge: resale | £78 | Purchaser - on completion |
Deed of covenant | £78 | Purchaser - upon request |
Certificate of compliance | £60 | Purchaser - on completion |
Lease extension | Including VAT | |
Formal (leaseholder only) | £234 | Homeowner - on completion |
Informal (shared owners and leaseholders) |
£234 | Homeowner |
Shared ownership house: lease extension premium is nil for 50 year extension |
£234 | Homeowner - on completion |
Lease enfranchisement (purchase of freehold) |
Including VAT | |
Formal and informal route | £300 | Homeowner |
Alterations, improvements and purchase of loft space |
Including VAT | |
Minor (some cases require a deed of variation) |
£90 | Homeowner |
Major (will require deed of collateral warranty) |
£300 | Homeowner |
Retrospective |
Minor/Major fee +50% | Homeowner |
Purchase of loft space | £250 | Homeowner |
Deed of collateral warranty | From £1,200 | Homeowner |
Subletting | Including VAT | |
Leaseholder consent | £90 | Homeowner |
Shared ownership requests | £120 | Homeowner |
Other | Including VAT | |
Deed of variation | £234 | Homeowner |
Release of restrictive covenant |
£600 | Purchaser (due date TBC) |
Homebuy redemption | £250 | Homeowner |