24 Bluegates, London Road, Ewell, Surrey KT17 2SA
CHI/43UC/LSC/2023/0062 · service charges · Epsom and Ewell · decided 6 Oct 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the service charges payable apart from £279 for lime tree pollarding on land outside the estate, refused the applicant's rule 13 costs application, and partly granted the respondent's section 20C application for pre-May 2023 tribunal costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Diamond Managing Agents Ltd |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds |
| Total demanded | £3,509.73 |
| Total found payable | £3,230.72 |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to pay the applicant's County Court costs summarily assessed at £835.00 (including applicable VAT); the t |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It is located on the first floor of a block of four.
- agent
most recently being Diamond Managing Agents Ltd.
- years
for the period from 21st September 2020 and onwards
- outcome
The service charges claimed against the Respondent in respect of the lime trees is therefore disallowed as not payable
- items reduced
The service charges claimed against the Respondent in respect of the lime trees is therefore disallowed as not payable
- total demanded
The effect was to leave a balance of claimed service charges of £3509.73.
- total payable
and so in the sum of £3230.72.
- s20c
The Tribunal refuses the Respondents applications in respect of costs after 10th May 2023 but grants it in respect of any costs of Tribunal proceedings prior to that date, if any.
- costs
the Respondent shall pay the Applicant’s costs, summarily assessed in the sum of £835.00 (including applicable VAT).
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