1-9 Bastion House, London, N16 7RG
LON/00AM/LSC/2024/0313 · service charges · Hackney · decided 4 Jun 2025
The tribunal found the building insurance reasonable at £3,815.35 rather than £6,126.40, reduced the gardening charges, reduced the cleaning charge for 2022/23 and the management fee for 2023/24, and limited the landlord's costs of the proceedings recoverable through the service charge to 25%.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Farleigh Road Development Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Remus Property Management |
| Building | A block, 9 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
[name] House is a purpose built block consisting of nine flats, on four floors.
- agent
Ms [name] is the area manager for Remus Property Management
- years
2022/23 and 2023/24. The service charge year is from 1 November to 31 October.
- outcome
The reasonable cost of management fees for 2023/24 is £3,322.
- items reduced
Decision: The reasonable sum for cleaning in 2022/23 was £2,459.94.
- s20c
limiting the collection of the costs of these proceedings through the service charge or administration charges
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