20, 22, 24 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8AE
CHI/00HB/LSC/2018/0109 · service charges · Bristol, City of · decided 30 Dec 2019
The tribunal removed or reduced a range of service charge items, including conceded and duplicate charges, unreasonable electricity and legal costs, and half of former agents' management fees, reduced the current agent's fees by a quarter, granted dispensation for roof works, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Adriatic Land 1 (GR3) Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Residential Management Group Ltd |
| Building | An estate, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | fees of £920 to be reimbursed by a party |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Application relates to the eight residential units in the Properties.
- freeholder
The Respondent to the Application is [name] 1 (GR3) Ltd, a company who purchased the freehold of the Properties in 2017.
- agent
Residential Management Group Ltd (“RMG”), whose registered office is in Hertfordshire.
- years
The Application seeks a determination of the reasonableness of service charges in relation to the Properties for the six years 2013-2018
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the following items are to be removed, or reduced, from the relevant charges in the service charge accounts:
- items reduced
A total cost of £3,545.56 being 20 invoices by N Power for communal electricity over a considerable period
- s20c
an order should be made in favour of the Applicant under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 in respect of all the costs incurred by the Respondent
- s20
grants dispensation to the Respondent for the lack of a section 20 notice.
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