10 and 10A Garbett Street, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 5RQ
BIR/00GL/LIS/2020/0023 · LIS · Stoke-on-Trent · decided 16 Oct 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that no service charges were payable for 2014 to 2019 because the leases impose no obligation to clean the entrance hall, while the insurance premiums and revaluation fee were found reasonably incurred and the respondent must reimburse fees.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Long Term Reversions (Torquay) Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse £150 to each applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The property was converted in about 2007 into two flats, one on the ground floor and one on the first floor.
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] (Torquay) Ltd
- years
service charges for 2014 (from 1 March 2014 to 31 December 2014), 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- outcome
Our decision on the question of what service charges are payable for the service charge years in issue in this application is that no service charges are payable.
- items reduced
Therefore, none of the service charges claimed and paid were due under the Leases.
- s20c
As an abundance of caution, we make the order requested. We order that any costs incurred by the Respondent in this case may not be regarded as relevant costs in any service charges sought from the Applicants.
- costs
We order that the Respondent do reimburse £150 to each Applicant.
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