22 Castle Court, Annfield Plain, Stanley County Durham DH9 7SA
BIR/00EJ/LSC/2023/0021 · service charges · County Durham · decided 23 May 2024
The tribunal decided that the costs of the electric gates at Castle Court can be included in the service charge, and made an order that the landlord cannot add its costs of this application to the service charge.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Other |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 41 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicant not liable to pay the respondent's costs of the application |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It consists of 41 apartments as part of the main building
- years
The application concerns the service charge years 2017-2024.
- outcome
The tenancy agreement properly construed has not excluded the landlord from claiming those costs as part of the service charge account.
- s20c
The Tribunal orders, under section 20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 that Karbon Homes may not include costs it has incurred in this appeal
- costs
The Applicant is not liable to pay any of the Respondent's costs of this application
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