196 Cape Hill, Birmingham, Smethwick, B66 4SJ
BIR/00CS/LSC/2022/0008 · service charges · Sandwell · decided 16 May 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the 2022 maintenance charge budget unreasonable only because of an unexplained £12,000 external wall survey item, reducing the demand, refusing the leaseholder's section 20C request, and ordering the respondent to reimburse £300 of tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Victoria Gardens (Cape Hill) Management Company Ltd |
| Managing agent | Mainstay Residential Limited |
| Building | One flat, 20 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | £2,388.94 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse tribunal fees of £300.00 to the applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
purpose built block of 20 flats over four storeys
- management company
[name] Gardens ([name] Hill) Management Company Ltd
- agent
managing agent, Mainstay Residential Limited
- years
for the calendar year 2022
- outcome
reduced the amount to between £1,501.58 and £1,755.56
- total demanded
was £2,388.94
- s20c
That no order under 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 be made;
- costs
That the Respondent do reimburse Tribunal fees of £300.00 to Mrs [name].
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
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