13, 19, 27, 29 & 35 Ashdown Court, Harts Lane, Barking, Essex, IG11 8LE
LON/00AB/LSC/2020/0100 · service charges · Barking and Dagenham · decided 10 May 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the leaseholders liable to pay the estimated £1,055 per flat for redecoration into the reserve fund even though the work has not started, but found no entitlement to charge interest on the arrears, and made an order that the landlord's tribunal costs cannot be passed through the service charge.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Pauline Jones Residential Estate Management |
| Building | A block, 36 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a single block of 36 purpose-built flats
- freeholder
Barnett Waddingham Trustees (1984) Ltd
- agent
[name] Residential Estate Management
- years
Service charge accounts and estimates for 2019 and 2020
- outcome
The applicant is liable to pay the estimated cost of redecoration of £1,055 per flat even though the redecoration has been delayed
- items reduced
The applicant is not liable to pay interest of £84.40 per flat on the arrears of service charge.
- s20c
The tribunal makes 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.
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