It sounds as though you’ve made your mind up!
The service charges will only go up, and you will have to find one that takes pets.
I think though that some places let you put off paying the service charges until the apartment is sold ( presumably when you die or need to sell to go into a nursing home) , bear in mind that they are sometimes difficult to sell for a good price.
Apart from that good luck!
We are surrounded by sea so why is fish so expensive?
What would be the worst figure of speech if you took them literally?
