13 Greencoat Mansions, Greencoat Row, London SW1P 1PG
LON/00BK/LSC/2022/0172 · service charges · Westminster · decided 24 Feb 2023
The tribunal allowed most of the Applicant's service charges for 2011 to 2020 but capped electricity at £42.35 a year, limited caretaking to 5 hours a week split equally across the blocks, reduced buildings insurance to £100 a year, and found a £46.81 overcharge on responsive repairs in 2019/20, and it made orders preventing the landlord recovering its tribunal costs through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| 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 | none named |
| Building | One flat, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| 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
- years
the years 2011 to 2020 inclusive are reasonable and payable
- outcome
except for:
- items reduced
(a) A charge to the Respondent in relation to electricity for each year in dispute would only be reasonable in amount to the extent that it did not exceed £42.35;
- s20c
An order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that the Applicant may not recover its costs of the Tribunal proceedings through the service charges levied on the Respondent
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