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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deborah4" data-source="post: 1382398" data-attributes="member: 29880">Hi IreneWe only bought the freehold a year ago, prior to that it was in the hands of Managing Agents who were quite happy for me to be responsible for the garden and put up any feeders.   Since then, yes, there have been many attempts to 'steamroll' myself and other freeholders over various issues.  She also will threaten to call in a solicitor if things are not strictly adhered to, money of which will be deducted from her maintenance contribution.  None of the other residents use the garden area, but have every right to.Basically, I feel she bullies people into 'submission' but there you go.  She had me in tears last year because she insisted I had no right to do any gardening without express permission of the other freeholders for every little thing, and also got them to agree that from this year, I would no longer be responsible for the garden but we will ''take it in turns''.  Hence my decision to eventually move.  (as SIG suggests in his point 2)Ps Feeders were dumped outside my backdoor earlier in a plastic bag, hence my ability to put some of them up again</blockquote>