25 Goodman Drive, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire LU7 4UJ
CAM/00KC/LSC/2020/0038 · service charges · Central Bedfordshire · decided 25 Jan 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the accounts preparation and audit fees payable, reduced the grounds maintenance charge for 2018 to 2020 to a reasonable figure, disallowed a £60 administration charge, and made orders that the landlord's litigation costs cannot be added to the service charge and that the leaseholder's liability for those litigation costs is extinguished.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Proxima GR Properties Limited |
| Management company | FirstPort Property Services Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, cleaning and grounds |
| 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
a 2-bedroom first floor flat in a block of 6 purpose-built flats
- freeholder
Landlord : (1) Proxima GR Properties Limited
- management company
Management Company : (2) FirstPort Property Services Limited
- years
financial years ending 31st May 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and to be incurred in the year ending 31st May 2020
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the Administration Charge of £60.00 is unreasonable.
- items reduced
The Tribunal determined the Administration Charge of £60.00 to be unreasonable and so not payable.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an Order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that the Respondent’s costs in connection with these proceedings should not be regarded as relevant costs
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