Housing Managment company will not put communnal heating on

I live in a block of flats and pay a service charge to a management Company to look after the common areas eg cleaning and garden maintenance etc and I thought heating. There's a heater on the ground floor in the hall and after turning it on a few times it would not come on so I reported it to the management company thinking it was faulty only to be told no its not faulty the company had tuned the electricity off in an attempt to save money Apparently the management company before them had left a massive bill on their sinking fund and this company are having to cut costs wherever possible. I do not think this is fair. They said if they turned the heater on they would have to charge more service charge for are block. I was under the impression that because the heater was in a communal area I as paying for it anyway at least the option of using it, so I as surprised to hear that they had done this without even consulting the people who live in the block

I have looked at my lease and it is clear about my landlord ( housing association) responsibility regarding repairs and maintenance re communal areas but isn't specific about this issue.

Is there anything I can do ?



Hope someone can give me some advice please.



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Housing Managment company will not put communnal heating on