12a Cross Street, Hove, East Sussex BN3 1AJ

CHI/00ML/LSC/2020/0065 · service charges · Brighton and Hove · decided 16 Dec 2020

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The tribunal refused dispensation from statutory consultation, limited the redecoration costs to the original contractor's quote, found £2806.54 paid to date payable, reduced the 2019-20 interim charge to £650 per leaseholder, and ordered the landlord to repay £300 tribunal fees together with s.20C and paragraph 5A orders.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Dispensation refused
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	not a company, or not stated
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	One flat, 2 flats · 2 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute	2017, 2018, 2019
Items in dispute	major works, management fees, other
Items disallowed or reduced	major works, other
Total demanded	not stated as one figure
Total found payable	£2,806.54
Fees or costs ordered	respondent to repay tribunal fees of £300 to the applicant

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What the decision says

flats n: 12 Cross Street is a house converted into only two flats.
years: seek to challenge certain elements of service charges for the years 2017 to 2020.
outcome: we find that the sums paid to date totalling £2806.54
items reduced: we determine that the reasonable costs of such works should not exceed the quotation of Mr [name].
total payable: we find that the sums paid to date totalling £2806.54
s20c: we determine that an Order pursuant to Section 20C and Paragraph 5A should be made in favour of the Applicants.
s20: We decline to grant dispensation.
costs: the Respondent shall within 28 days of this decision repay the Tribunal fees of £300 to the Applicant.

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