2 Albion Court, Albion Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5TB
LON/00BF/LSC/2021/0320 · service charges · Sutton · decided 7 Mar 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found that a £11,418 insurance premium, a balancing charge, quarterly maintenance and reserve charges, and an insurance valuation cost were not recoverable from the leaseholders, limited 2020-21 insurance to £1,359.46, allowed 2021-22 insurance at £1,491.39 rather than £2,062, and made an order under section 20C that the landlord's costs cannot be added to 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 | MB Freeholds Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 7 flats · 4 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, other, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, other, 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
there are twenty-seven residential units in the blocks
- freeholder
Respondent : MB Freeholds Limited
- agent
Mr [name] of RMG Ltd
- years
the service charge year from March 2019 – March 2020
- outcome
Each of the remaining points in dispute between the parties is determined in favour of the Applicants
- items reduced
there is no provision in this lease for provision of a reserve fund
- s20c
the Tribunal makes orders to the effect that no such costs shall be recoverable under the provisions of both s.20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
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The original
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