135-137 Station Road, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 5QA
CHI/29UC/LSC/2019/0024 · service charges · Canterbury · decided 25 Oct 2019
The Tribunal found the leaseholders had not shown the service charges challenged were unreasonable, so no reductions were made, but made a section 20C order preventing the landlord recovering its costs of the tribunal case 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 | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Kimmeridge Estates Ltd. |
| Management company | Warwick Road Management Ltd. |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 5 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| 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
- freeholder
Respondent : Kimmeridge Estates Ltd.
- management company
He said he is the operator of Warwick Road Management Ltd. which appears to manage the properties on behalf of the RTMs.
- years
This application challenges many service charge claims for the years ending 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the Applicants have not provided sufficient evidence that any of the service charges they challenge are so unreasonable as to warrant their being reduced.
- s20c
an order is made made pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) preventing the Respondent from recovering its costs of representation before this Tribunal as part of any service charge.
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