20 Marlborough House, 37 Park Lodge Avenue, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 9FJ
LON/00AS/LSC/2022/0070 · service charges · Hillingdon · decided 5 Mar 2023
The tribunal held that the landscaping contract was not a qualifying long term agreement, that the landlord's landscaping apportionment was reasonable, and that the block reserve fund contributions were too high, setting a reserve of £10,000 a year, and made a section 20C order limiting the landlord's costs recoverable through the service charge to half.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Notting Hill Home Ownership Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | First Port Property Services |
| Building | One flat, 593 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | 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
- freeholder
The Tribunal directs that the name of the respondent be amended from Notting Hill Genesis to Notting Hill Home ownership Ltd
- agent
St George engaged First Port Property Services as agent who had similarly been appointed by the respondent as its agent.
- years
the reserve funds for 2018, 2019 and 2021 2020
- outcome
the Tribunal finds that the budget estimate for 2023 is too high.
- items reduced
It finds that the £7000 demanded in 2018 was reasonable. Thereafter, for the years in dispute, and in the absence of expert evidence, it finds that £10,000 per annum is a reasonable reserve sum.
- s20c
the Tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for an order to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act
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The original
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