18, Archers Green Road, Warrington WA5 7XS
MAN/00EU/LSC/2022/0052 · service charges · Warrington · decided 5 Jul 2023
The tribunal found the directors’ and officers’ liability insurance premiums not reasonably incurred, found the de facto sinking fund in breach of the lease, reduced the management fees by 40 per cent, and made orders preventing the landlord from recovering its costs of the case through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | The Butts Green (Kingswood) Management Company Limited |
| Management company | The Butts Green (Kingswood) Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Revolution Property Management Limited |
| Building | An estate, 149 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees, 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
- flats n
It is agreed that the Estate comprises 149 properties in total
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] Green (Kingswood) Management
- agent
Revolution Property Management Limited (“Revolution”)
- years
service charge years 2016 – 2022 (inclusive)
- outcome
are reduced by 40%.
- items reduced
the actual and budgeted management fees for the service charge years 2016-2022 (inclusive) have not been reasonably incurred
- s20c
It is just and equitable to grant the Applicant’s application under s20C
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