1-9 Court House, Norman Road, Melton Mowbray, LE13 1JE
BIR/31UG/LSC/2024/0616 · service charges · Melton · decided 11 Jul 2025
The tribunal allowed management charges of £175 a month for 2018 to 2021 and £185 a month for 2022 and 2023, cut window cleaning to £75 per visit, disallowed the call-out charges and most basic management charges, found the fire alarm testing frequency reasonable, and ordered that the respondent's costs cannot be charged to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Blue Property Management |
| Building | A block, 3 flats · 3 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £3,127.70 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- agent
Representative : Mr [name], Blue Property Management
- years
This application also relates to service charge years 2019-2022
- outcome
The amount allowed after variation by deduction is £2133
- items reduced
The Tribunal has determined that the sum of £175 including VAT pcm for the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 is reasonable
- total payable
making the total determined as reasonable and payable is £3127.70
- s20c
The costs of the application are not reasonable costs to be taken into account of any service charge payable by the Tenant
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