2 Sussex Place, London, W2 2TP
LON/00BK/LSC/2020/0287 · service charges · Westminster · decided 30 Jul 2021
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found the 2018-19 and 2019-20 service charges payable only after reductions, disallowing the meter cupboard door, limiting the external façade and redecoration costs, and halving the management fees, and ordered the landlord to pay the lessees' expert fees and tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 5 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse the applicants' tribunal fees and pay the applicants' expert fees of £2,531.16 as a condition of |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Applicants are the lessees of four of the five flats at the subject property.
- years
The service charges for the years 2018-19 and 2019-20 challenged by
- outcome
are payable save for the following reductions in the relevant costs:
- items reduced
The internal repair cost of £2,567.08 is reduced by £300;
- s20c
On that basis, there is no need for a section 20C or paragraph 5A order
- s20
The Respondent’s inexcusable failure on a number of occasions to comply with the requirements
- costs
the Respondent shall reimburse the Applicants’ Tribunal fees.
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