19 Charles Street, Brighton BN2 1TG
CHI/00ML/LSC/2023/0112 · service charges · Brighton and Hove · decided 19 Jul 2024
The tribunal reduced the service charges for 2018 to 2023 by disallowing several items, including the external major works in full because the work was not shown to be done or was of poor standard, and ordered the landlord to pay the leaseholders' legal costs and tribunal 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 | Assethold Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerstates Limited |
| Building | A block, 5 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to pay applicants' legal costs of £12,000.00 and tribunal fees of £300.00 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
has been converted into the 5 flats leased to each
- freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
- agent
its managing agent, Eagerstates Limited
- years
Insurance March 2023/2024 and broker’s fee
- outcome
The total reduction as against the 1st Applicant is £10,817.85.
- items reduced
The Tribunal disallowed this item in full, so £39,294.00 overall and
- s20c
iii)The Applicants’ applications that the Respondent may not recover
- costs
proceedings assessed as £12,000.00 by 19th August 2024.
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