24 Buckland Rise, Buckland Hill, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0YN
CHI/29UH/LIS/2018/0048 · LIS · Maidstone · decided 30 Apr 2019
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal allowed most of the 2017/18 and 2018/19 service charges but reduced the block management fee to £5,400, cut the estimated estate and admin budgets, disallowed the £120 late payment charges, and made an order that 50% of the landlord's costs of this application cannot be added to the service charge or administration charges.
| 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 | DPS (Brockley) Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | NAVE Property Services Ltd |
| Building | A block, 24 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
- flats n
substantial modern block of 24 flats
- freeholder
Applicants : DPS (Brockley) Limited
- agent
Mr [name] of NAVE Property Services Ltd, the Applicant’s managing agent since
- years
The years in issue are 2017/18 and 2018/19
- outcome
Block Management £7,156 £5,400
- items reduced
Late Payment Charges £ 120 £ nil
- s20c
the tribunal has formed the view that it would be just and equitable in the circumstances of this case to make a direction under each of section 20C and paragraph 5A
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
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