1-6 Steelway Apartments, 61A South Street, Romford RM1 1NL
LON/00AR/LSC/2024/0002 · service charges · Havering · decided 14 Oct 2024
The tribunal disallowed many of the 2022/23 service charge items, including roof and drainage costs, because the landlord failed to consult properly and some charges were unreasonable, reduced the 2023/24 insurance budget to £3,860, made a section 20C order, and ordered the landlord to refund the applicants' tribunal fee of £300.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Assethold Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerstates Ltd |
| Building | A block, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees £300 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the Building was converted to create six flats
- freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Ltd
- agent
The Property has been managed by Eagerstates Ltd
- years
in respect of the service charges payable for 2022/3
- outcome
The Tribunal disallows the sums demanded for service charges for
- items reduced
The Tribunal disallows the sums demanded for service charges for
- s20c
an order to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act
- s20
The Tribunal finds that the Respondent failed to comply with its statutory duty to consult
- costs
of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicant.
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