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Accusing Foncia of overbilling and duplicating services, residents recount their ordeal: tripled bills, incredible water charges and monitoring made impossible by constant turnover…
Over the years, Gabrielle Rebesco, a retired technician, turned, despite herself, into an apprentice accountant. “With Foncia, it’s very simple, you can’t have any confidence. You have to go through the slightest invoice or accounting line and stick together between co-owners to resist,” complains this resident of Castelnau-d’Estrétefonds (Haute-Garonne). ).
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The president of the Balcons d’Amélie union council is waging merciless war on the real estate giant. According to her, the 30 co-owners financed not only the water charges, but also the supply of a lifting pump serving a park of more than 70 housing units.
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By opposing the approval of the trustee’s annual accounts and publicizing her fight, she obtained 28,000 euros in regularizations for 2023-2024 and intends to continue her efforts: “We want to recover all overpayments from previous years. For this, we will organize an independent audit of the accounts. The problem is to find the accountant ready to rub shoulders with Foncia.
“Bye, bye, Foncia”
The real estate group says it is in favor of the initiative and even declares itself ready to pay the professional. Probably just to improve its image and stop the bleeding. “Les Balcons d’Amélie” should change trustee at the end of the contract, March 31, 2025.
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“Le parc Rangueil 2” in Toulouse has already taken the plunge, exasperated by Foncia’s chaotic management of their building and the double or even triple invoicing of services from certain suppliers. Pierre Badruna, the president of the union council, was in charge. He has not finished settling his accounts with Foncia: “If the main disputes concerning overbilling have been resolved, there are still pending cases. For example, a company had been invoiced three times for an amount of 968 euros. This took months to regularize. The incessant turnover at Foncia seriously compromises the monitoring of files.”
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In the same neighborhood, another co-ownership is also considering separating from the famous real estate company. Tired of exorbitant charges, she plans to change trustee shortly. “With my wife, we own a 70 m² apartment in an old building, but well insulated. The two of us pay €375 in charges per month! Hot water costs us €60 per cubic meter, while the average nationally is between 7 and 10 € As for heating, our annual expenses are around 1,800 € for just two people, while friends in comparable accommodation pay that for a quarter. that there is now a consensus to say goodbye to Foncia,” confides a resident.
