17C Saltram Crescent, Maida Vale, London W9 3JR
LON/00BK/LSC/2024/0250 · service charges · Westminster · decided 10 Feb 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced the management fees to £300 in total for all years, reduced the accountant's fees to £350 plus VAT per year, disallowed the bank charges and default charges, allowed the cleaning and legal costs, and ordered the respondent to refund 80% of the applicant's fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Rocktaste Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to refund 80% of the applicant's fees paid for the application and hearing |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Respondent : Rocktaste Limited
- years
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
- outcome
the management fees claimed for all of the relevant years was not reasonable
- items reduced
the management fees claimed for all of the relevant years was not reasonable
- s20c
the tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for an order to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act
- costs
the tribunal orders the Respondent to refund 80% of any fees paid by the Applicant
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