100 East Street, Epsom, Surrey KT17 1EB
CHI/43UC/LSC/2023/0148 · service charges · Epsom and Ewell · decided 19 Nov 2024
The tribunal decided that nothing is payable for 2022 because the landlord did not validly demand it within 18 months, cut the 2021 charges to £3,050 plus VAT, and made a section 20C order protecting the lessees from the landlord's tribunal costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Blueplan Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Landside Property Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | £21,650 |
| Total found payable | £3,050 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Property is a building comprising six one bedroom flats.
- freeholder
Blueplan Limited
- agent
The Respondent’s managing agents were initially Landside Property Management Limited
- years
the amount of service charges payable by the Applicants in respect of the 2021 and 2022 service charge years
- outcome
the total aggregate service charge payable by the Applicants for the 2021 service charge year is £3,050 plus VAT where applicable
- items reduced
The Tribunal determines that no amount is payable by the Applicants in the 2021 service charge year in relation to accounting fees – annual certification.
- total demanded
with the total value of the dispute amounting to £21,650.00
- total payable
the total aggregate service charge payable by the Applicants for the 2021 service charge year is £3,050 plus VAT where applicable
- s20c
The Tribunal therefore make an order in favour of the Applicants that none of the costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with these proceedings can be added to the service charge.
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