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The buildings' landlord said the residents' management company, on which some leaseholders had sat, had "amassed significant debts", and it was now considering legal action against it.

When construction of housing long planned for the campus has been delayed by funding hurdles, he asked why couldn’t leaseholder funds be used to pay for new construction?

Centrick said it "fully appreciated" leaseholders' concerns and would continue to keep them updated.

Ms Shaw said she had no idea what the sale of the freehold meant for her or the other leaseholders who had between them paid millions of pounds for flats on the land.

The letters claim the commission was then added to the service charges paid by the owners of the flats – or leaseholders – without their knowledge.