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CAM/26UL/LSC/2019/0073 · service charges · Welwyn Hatfield · decided 10 Aug 2020

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The tribunal found the leaseholder liable for £453.04 of the 2019 service charge claim, £1,151.37 for the second half of 2019, and £666.00 in administration charges, but reduced the reserve fund to £350 per half year and rejected her counterclaim and the £840 legal costs.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not applied for
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companyRG Securities (No.2) Limited
Managing agentWarwick Estates
BuildingOne flat, 37 flats · 2 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2019
Items in disputeadministration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, legal and professional fees, reserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe applicant to bear the respondent's liability for fixed legal costs of £840 and the costs assessment sought; no liabi

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flats n
There are 37 flats in the development
management company
Applicant/Claimant : RG Securities (No.2) Limited
agent
Representative : PDC Law and Ms [name] of Warwick Estates
years
the second period in 2019 the sum of £1,151.37
outcome
That should be reduced to £749 being £350 for the reserved fund and £399 for the contribution towards the pump costs.
items reduced
I would propose to reduce the reserve fund contributions for this year to £350 per half year.
costs
I find that she has no liability in respect of the fixed legal costs of £840, nor the costs I was asked to assess at the hearing.

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