1 Pinewood House, 115 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2LE
CHI/43UD/LSC/2023/0101 · service charges · Guildford · decided 29 Feb 2024
The tribunal found the landlord's management was poor and reduced many of the service charges for 2014/15 to 2022/23, including insurance, gardening, management fee, water and electricity, while declining to decide the 2023/24 charges and ordering the landlord to repay the £300 fees.
| 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 | none named |
| Building | One flat, 10 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | £8,594.69 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse application and hearing fees £300.00 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a management fee of £1,000 for managing two blocks that comprised 10 separate flats
- years
for the years 2014/15 to 2023/24 (inclusive) under s27A
- outcome
In summary, the service charges payable by Ms [name] in respect of 1 Pinewood
- items reduced
In addition, the Tribunal applied the further reductions in relation to the insurance, gardening, management fee and water for the reasons set out above.
- total demanded
she claims that the service charge paid for the years 2014/15 to 2022/23 should be repaid to her in full (£8,594.69)
- s20c
Orders are made under s20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
Mr [name] is to pay the application and hearing fees to Ms [name] in the sum of £300.00.
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