216-218a Sydney Road, Muswell Hill, London N10 2RS
LON/00AC/LDC/2024/0007 · dispensation from consultation · Barnet · decided 15 Jul 2024
The landlord was granted unconditional dispensation from consultation for the emergency repair of a split lead water pipe, but dispensation for the later replacement of the water mains was granted only on condition that the tenants pay 75 per cent of the sums otherwise recoverable for those works.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Southern Land Securities Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Together Property Management Ltd |
| Building | A block, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £8,700 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
This application concerns a purpose-built block of four flats built in 1935.
- freeholder
Applicant/Landlord : Southern Land Securities Ltd
- agent
Together Property Management Ltd, the
- years
The first set of works resulted from an attempt to fix a leak on 29th March 2023.
- outcome
The Tribunal gives a dispensation from the said consultation requirements in respect of the second set of works, conditional on the landlord recovering only 75 per cent of the sums otherwise recoverable in respect of the said second set of works.
- items reduced
the tenants only pay 75 per cent of the sums otherwise payable in respect of the second set of works.
- total demanded
at a cost of £8,700 (including VAT)
- s20
In our judgment there was sufficient time to carry out a consultation. This was not an emergency situation.
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