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LON/00BE/LSC/2020/0192 · service charges · Southwark · decided 16 Apr 2021
The tribunal reduced the reserve fund contribution for the flat's block to £1,020 a year for 2014 to 2019, reduced electricity and some other charges for 2016 to 2020, allowed bin hire and the PLA licence costs, and ordered that 25% of the landlord's tribunal costs cannot be recovered through the service charge and that the landlord reimburse 25% of the applicant's fees.
| 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 | One flat, 271 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | reserve fund, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to re-imburse the applicant 25% of the fees incurred for issuing this application and having it heard |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The estate comprises 271 flats.
- years
in respect of each of the service charge years ending on 31 December from 2014 to 2020 inclusive
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the sum payable by the Applicant by way of service charge in respect of his contributions to the reserve fund for his block in each of the service charge years from 2014 to 2019 inclusive is £1,020.
- items reduced
The Tribunal therefore concluded that the reasonable sums to be charged to the reserve for the Applicant’s block for each of the years 2014 to 2019 inclusive is £12,500 rather than the sums charged or budgeted for.
- s20c
is allowed but only to the extent that 25% of those costs may not be recovered.
- costs
The Respondent is ordered to re-imburse the Applicant 25% of the fees incurred by him for issuing this application and having it heard.
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