If you buy a bungalow/mansion, you get a title deed for that piece of land. A document that is legally recognized and your name can be traced at the land registry e.g where guys buy plots in gated estates and build according to some designs. What do people get after buying an apartment unit? As far as I am concerned, not a title deed that can be traced back to the land registry under your name. My point is, with bungalows/mansions, YOU determine the service charges and can kick out the management company when you feel like. You cant do anything as an individual if you live in a flat because you hardly have any documents.