29 The Malt Yard, Old Maltings Approach, Melton, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1FL
CAM/42UG/LSC/2020/0004 · service charges · East Suffolk · decided 8 Jul 2020
The tribunal held that the service charge for the flat may be apportioned by metered charges for heating and hot water and by floor area for other costs, and that the managing agent and gas contracts were not qualifying long-term agreements requiring consultation.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Lifestory Group Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Rendall and Rittner Limited |
| Building | One flat, 29 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| 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
29 residential apartments (which all have one or two bedrooms but vary in size)
- freeholder
The Respondent, Lifestory Group Limited, is the landlord under the Lease.
- agent
new managing agents, Rendall and Rittner Limited, were appointed on 1 August 2019
- years
service charges payable by him from 2020
- outcome
the fair and reasonable proportion of the Running Costs attributable to the Property comprises, as proposed by the Respondent: (a) the metered cost of providing heating and hot water to the Property; and (b) 5.203057% of other relevant costs
- s20c
The tribunal makes no order under section 20C of the 1985 Act or paragraph 5A of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
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