1 Sanctuary Court, 65 Croydon Road, Penge, London, SE20 7TE
LON/00AF/LSC/2021/0384 · service charges · Bromley · decided 21 Sep 2022
The tribunal found the start-up fee, pre-notice management fees and VAT on management fees payable, reduced the reserve fund contributions to reasonable amounts, held that legal costs cannot be recovered through the service charge or as an administration charge, and ordered the respondent to repay half the application and hearing fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | ABC Estates |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, management fees, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | reserve fund |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse half of the applicant's application and hearing fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
Sanctuary Court is a brick built, purpose built three storey block of six flats.
- agent
the then new managing agents, ABC Estates, of £500 charged to the service charge
- years
Reasonable demands of the Applicant would have been £833 in 2018/19 and 2019/20 and £917 in 2020/21.
- outcome
the demands in respect of contributions to the reserve funds are not reasonable in amount.
- items reduced
the demands in respect of contributions to the reserve funds are not reasonable in amount.
- costs
the Tribunal orders that the Respondent reimburse half of the Applicant’s application and hearing fees.
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