25A & 25 Ailsa Road, Westcliff on Sea Essex SSO 8BJ
CAM/00KF/LSC/2020/0043 · service charges · Southend-on-Sea · decided 8 Jan 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal set the estimated service charges for the year to June 2021 at £627.20 for Flat 25a and £484.40 for Flat 25, disallowing internal cleaning and garden charges, and made orders under section 20C and paragraph 5A extinguishing litigation costs for the tenants.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Long Term Reversions (Torquay) Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Warwick Estates |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
Read from the decision automatically: a regular-expression pass, then a language model whose every value must quote the decision word for word; the two readings disagreed on something, so these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics. Compare with the original.
What the decision says
- flats n
The Tribunal found that the Building is a semi-detached house which has been converted into two flats.
- freeholder
Respondent (Landlord): [name] (Torquay) Limited
- agent
Managing Agent : Warwick Estates
- years
The Applicants seek a determination under section 27A of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) as to whether service charges to be incurred for the year ending 30th June 2020 and to be incurred for the year ending 30th June 2021 are reasonable and payable.
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the reasonable estimated service charge payable for the year 1st July 2020 to 3oth June 2021 under the Flat 25a Lease by the Applicant, Mr [name], to the Respondent is £627.20.
- items reduced
Therefore, the charge is not reasonable or 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 to be taken into account in determining the amount of any Service Charge payable by the Applicants.
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
If this decision relates to your home and you'd like it removed from this site, email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with the address or the case reference (removal requests).
Spotted an error on this page? Email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with what is wrong; the decision's reference goes in the subject.
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.