17 Bonaventure, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5BH
CHI/45UB/LSC/2024/0006 · service charges · Adur · decided 26 Apr 2024
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found the service charges for 2014 to 2019 not payable because the leaseholder's set-off for the defective roof and other breaches outweighed them, and the County Court awarded him £3,800 on his counterclaim.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Taylor Wimpey Developments Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Firstport Property Services Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £6,002.74 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicant to pay the respondent £81 costs, £455 counterclaim fee and £19 expenses (County Court) |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Taylor Wimpey Developments Limited, the developer which built the Building and the Estate generally.
- agent
The current name of that company is Firstport Property Services Limited.
- years
for the period 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2019 are not payable
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the service charges demanded by the Applicant from the Respondent are not payable.
- items reduced
the service charges demanded by the Applicant from the Respondent for the period 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2019 are not payable
- total demanded
the relevant sum of those was £6,002.74
- total payable
no sums within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal were payable by the Respondent
- s20c
it would make an order for the avoidance of any danger that the Applicant may seek to demand any costs of these proceedings as service charges or administration charges
- costs
The Court awarded the Respondent costs of £81.00.
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