11B & 13 Crowther Road, London, SE25 5QW
LON/00AH/LSC/2023/0420 · service charges · Croydon · decided 10 Sep 2024
The tribunal found the insurance premiums and management fees charged for 2017 to 2024 were not reasonable and substituted lower amounts, and ordered that the landlord's costs of the case cannot be charged to the lessees and that the landlord must refund the tribunal 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 | Seamoat Ltd |
| Management company | BLR Property Representative Management Limited |
| Managing agent | BLR Property Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the application and hearing fees paid by the applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
purpose built as two flats at ground and first floor levels
- freeholder
Respondent : Seamoat Ltd
- agent
The Respondent was the landlord of the Property and had appointed BLR Property Management as their managing agent.
- years
service charge years September 2017 to September 2024
- outcome
The Tribunal determined that the insurance premium and management fee for the Property in respect of the service charge years September 2017 until September 2024 were not reasonable.
- items reduced
The Tribunal substituted the amounts as set out in the Schedule attached to this Decision.
- s20c
The Tribunal made an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
- costs
the Respondent shall within 28 days of this Decision reimburse the Applicant of the Tribunal fees that the Applicant paid.
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