115, 32 & 72 Candle House, 1 Wharf Approach, Leeds, LS1 4GH

MAN/00DA/LSC/2022/0015 · service charges · Leeds · decided 25 Jul 2023

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The tribunal reduced several service charge items for 2016 to 2021 found to be improvements, duplicated or unreasonable, allowed most GWEML and cleaning charges, and limited the landlord's recoverable costs of the proceedings.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Consultation failure found
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	not a company, or not stated
Management company	none named
Managing agent	Watsons Property Management
Building	A block, 159 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2016, 2021
Items in dispute	administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Total demanded	not stated as one figure
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	the applicant pays administration charge limited to 25% of the respondent's litigation costs

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What the decision says

flats n: Mr [name] is engaged by the Respondent to read the 159 water meters and 159 heat energy meters
agent: Mr [name] of Watsons Property Management
years: The service charges payable by the Applicants for the period 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2021shall be varied
outcome: The service charges payable by the Applicants for the period 1/1/2016 to 31/12/2021shall be varied as shown in the [name] to this order.
items reduced: We therefore disallow the sums listed in the table above and find them to be unrecoverable through the service charge.
s20c: we consider that an order extinguishing 75% of the Respondent’s litigation costs relating to these proceedings before the FTT is appropriate.
s20: we note that non-compliance was conceded by the Respondent during the course of the hearing
costs: limiting the Applicants’ lability to pay an administration charge in respect of litigation costs incurred in relation to this decision to 25%.

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