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17 St Catherine's Road, Southbourne, Bournemouth, BH6 4AE

CHI/00HN/LIS/2018/0051 · LIS · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 15 Apr 2019

The tribunal found the applicant is the freeholder and allowed only limited sums for insurance, courtyard decoration and roof repairs, capped at £250 per flat because the consultation requirements were not complied with, disallowing the unexplained and unauthorised charges.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not applied for
Section 20 consultationConsultation failure found
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingA block, 4 flats
Service charge years in dispute2017, 2018
Items in disputeinsurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reducedinsurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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flats n
now converted into four flats
agent
the managing agent, Ellis & [name], had prepared the invoices and accounts
years
in respect of the service charge years 2017 and 2018
outcome
The Tribunal determines that the amounts payable by the Respondent in respect of the service charges for 2017 are £362.26
items reduced
The Tribunal disallows the following charges:
s20
The Tribunal has found that the Applicant has failed to comply with the consultation requirements in connection with these works

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