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LON/00BJ/LSC/2022/0230 · service charges · Wandsworth · decided 21 Nov 2022

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The tribunal allowed most of the insurance, management, accountancy and health and safety charges but disallowed some general repairs, cleaning, legal fees and the unexplained reserve budget, and ordered the £5,846 overpayment for the 2020 internal works to be returned to the tenants.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Refused
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	CH Chesterford Ltd
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	One flat, 2 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Items in dispute	cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reduced	cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
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 : CH Chesterford Ltd
years: (1) 2019/2020, (2) 2020/2021 and (3) 2021/2022
outcome: Since the landlord provides no electricity to the common parts we do not allow this item.
items reduced: We do not consider it reasonable that any amount is budgeted for in the service charge 2022/2023
s20c: so no s.20C order is required

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The original

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