We want to make it easy for our leaseholders to pay their service charges, so we now offer a 24-hour payment service using the telephone service and Internet and Direct Debit payments as well as other methods to pay.
Make sure your payment goes to the right account by making sure to include all 14 digits in the account number for the charge you want to pay, leaving out any dashes but including zeroes.
The payment methods currently available are:
Internet Payment Facility - online payments
Internet Payment Facility
Click on the Online Payments link or alternatively log onto www.hounslow.gov.uk (Click on ‘online payments’ followed by ‘Internet payment facility’.)
Select ‘Service charge 14 digits’ from the drop down menu and put in the details of account numbers, amounts and your debit or credit card.
Telephone Payments
Dial (020) 8583 5959.
Select option 7 (service charges) to pay any leasehold charges - ground rent, insurance, major works, service charges etc.
Have your account number(s) and card details ready
Have a pen to write down the transaction number at the end of the process.
Direct Debit
From January 2007, leaseholders are now able to pay ground rent and service charges via Direct Debit. If you pay your services charges for a full year by direct debit we will credit your account with £35 (provided you have no arrears on your account)
For more information or to request a Direct Debit mandate, please contact the Home Ownership Unit:
If your property is in Feltham, Hanworth or Bedfont: 020 8583 3418
If your property is in Hounslow, Heston, Cranford or Isleworth: 020 8583 3417
If your property is in Brentford or Chiswick: 020 8583 4295
In person by appointment at: St. Catherine's House, 2 Hanworth Road, Feltham, TW13 5AB
or by e-mail to: home.ownership@hounslowhomes.org.uk
Bank Transfer
Our details are:
Account Name: London Borough of Hounslow
Account Number: 40545155
Sort Code: 40-25-02
Address: HSBC Bank PLC, 127 High Street, Hounslow
Standing Order
Set this up using a standing order mandate form supplied by Home Ownership or use the table details under Bank Transfer above
Quote the 14 digit account number for the charge you want to pay.
By Post using cheques
Make cheque(s) out to The London Borough of Hounslow and post to the Civic Centre Cash Office, Lampton Road, Hounslow, TW3 4DN
Please remember:
- To write on the cheque(s) or in a note which account(s) you are paying
- How much you are paying to each account
- To include the 14 digits that make up each account number (including zeroes)
Please note: If you are sending cheques to the Home Ownership Unit, payments are forwarded to the Civic Centre, so there may be a delay in registering your payment against your account.
In person
You can visit the Civic Centre Cash Office between 8.45am & 3.45pm Monday to Friday. The Cash Office accepts payments by cheque, postal order, cash, debit cards and credit cards.
You can also make a cheque payment over the counter at any Area Housing Office. Your cheque will be sent to the Civic Centre, so there may be a delay in registering your payment against your account.