14, 46, 52 & 71 Fountain Walk, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 9JY
CHI/29UG/LSC/2022/0120 · service charges · Gravesham · decided 24 May 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the roof major works charges payable but reduced each challenged invoice by £3,000 because the landlord breached its repairing covenant by delaying roof works, and made an order preventing the landlord's costs of the case being added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Gravesham Borough Council |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | An estate |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | major works |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works |
| 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 works were carried out in 2020 and the cost for each long leaseholder is between £10,000 and £12,500.
- outcome
the amount payable is reduced by £3,000 to account for the breach of covenant by the Respondent
- items reduced
the amount payable is reduced by £3,000 to account for the breach of covenant by the Respondent
- s20c
The Tribunal also makes an order under s.20C of the 1985 Act preventing the Respondent from recovering the cost of these proceedings from the Applicants through the service charge.
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