281 High Street, Ongar, Essex CM5 9AA
CAM/22UH/LSC/2021/0070 · service charges · Epping Forest · decided 8 Jul 2022
The tribunal held that the leaseholder must pay only part of the buildings insurance demands from 15 July 2018 onwards, that the £1,000 roof repair charge was not recoverable from him, and that his £560 self-help roof repairs are not recoverable from the freeholder, with the application and hearing fees shared equally.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Stratton Management |
| Building | One flat, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicant and the respondent each to bear half of the £300 application and hearing fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the block”) is comprised of eight units
- agent
Mr. [name] of Stratton Management attended
- years
£686.11 for the period 1.9.15 to 31.8.19
- outcome
the Applicant is liable to discharge only 1/8th of those costs incurred by the Lessor from 1st July 2018 onwards
- items reduced
In respect of the roof repairs charged to the lessee as a service charge in the sum of £1000, the Lessee is not liable to discharge this sum
- costs
The Applicant and Respondent do equally share the application and hearing fees of £300.
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