20 Doverhouse Road, Putney, London SW15 5AU
LON/00BJ/LSC/2020/0334 · service charges · Wandsworth · decided 18 Jun 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the major balcony works costs reasonable but reduced the preliminaries charge above 15% and halved the decking relaying cost, and ordered the landlord's costs excluded from the service charge and half of the fees refunded.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | major works, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse half of the £100 application fee and half of the £200 hearing fee |
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What the decision says
- flats n
Each building contains four flats, two on the ground floor and two on the first floor.
- years
in the service charge year 2016 (estimated) and 2018 (final)
- outcome
Accordingly we consider the charging to the service charge of the cost of preliminaries in excess of 15% is not within the reasonable range, and results in an unreasonable outcome.
- items reduced
Decision: The service charge referable to the relaying of the decking was not reasonably incurred. A cost half that expended would be reasonable and should be substituted for the purposes of the service charge.
- s20c
We make the orders.
- costs
ordering that the Respondent reimburse the Applicant half of the £100 application fee and of the £200 hearing fee.
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