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2 Langstone Close, Babbacombe, Torquay, Devon TQ1 3TY

CHI/00HH/LIS/2021/0025 · LIS · Torbay · decided 11 Jan 2022

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The tribunal found the service charges for 2016 to 2021 mostly payable, disallowed some additional management fees, held the demands valid, and refused a section 20C order.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Refused
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentProxim Property Management Limited
BuildingAn estate, 54 flats · 2 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reducedmanagement fees
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

flats n
It was agreed that the estate consisted of 54 flat being those contained within what are known as Blocks A, B & C.
agent
director of Proxim Property Management Limited
years
The validity, reasonableness and payability of the service charges for the periods; 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021;
outcome
In the main we found the service charges to be due and payable save for those items we disallowed on the [name].
items reduced
certain costs predominantly relating to additional management fees were found unreasonable
s20c
it would in our judgment be unreasonable to make any such order and we decline to do so.

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