29 Thanet Lodge, 10 Mapesbury Road, London NW2 4JA
LON/00AE/LSC/2022/0332 · service charges · Brent · decided 12 Dec 2023
Most of the service charges were found reasonable and payable, but the balcony works were reduced by £1,400, some roof, decoration and fire safety report costs were limited to £250 or disallowed under the Building Safety Act 2022, and legal fees were held not payable under the lease.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | HML Property Management Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 43 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, major works, other, 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
- agent
Day-to-day management is undertaken by HML Property Management
- outcome
save in the following respects:
- items reduced
The relevant costs of the balcony works are reduced by £1,400
- s20c
the Tribunal makes no order pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- s20
no consultation was carried out and so the Applicant’s service charge for these works is limited to £250
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