142 St Albans Road, Watford, Hertfordshire WD24 4FT
CAM/26UK/LSC/2022/0064 · service charges · Watford · decided 28 Apr 2023
The Tribunal reduced the estimated 2022 service charge demand from £32,917 to £23,172.64 to reflect the contractor's quote, found the management fee and maintenance estimate reasonable, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Reelstone Property Holdings Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022 |
| Items in dispute | management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £32,917 |
| Total found payable | £23,172.64 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the owners of three flats at the property 142 St Albans Road, Watford WD24 4FT
- freeholder
The Respondent is Reelstone Property Holdings Limited.
- years
the Applicant’s objection was limited to the estimated demand which appears to have been issued around 8th December 2021 for the service charge year ending 31st December 2022
- outcome
reduces the amounts claimed in respect of the estimated service charge for the year ending December 2022 at page 78 in the bundle from £32,917 to £23,172.64
- items reduced
reduces the amounts claimed in respect of the estimated service charge for the year ending December 2022 at page 78 in the bundle from £32,917 to £23,172.64
- total demanded
The total sum which is claimed in the estimated charge is some £32,917.
- total payable
back down to £23,172.64
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (the Act) that none of the costs associated with these proceedings shall be recoverable against the tenants as a service charge.
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