37A Parchmore Road Thornton Heath Surrey CR7 8LY
LON/00AH/LSC/2019/0193 · service charges · Croydon · decided 9 Sep 2019
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided the landlord cannot recover any service charges from the tenant up to 9 September 2019, because the demands were not compliant with section 21B, the claims were out of time under section 20B, and several items were not genuine or not supported by evidence.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, 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
- years
the service charges payable to him by the tenant for the years 2013 to 2019
- outcome
The tenant owes the landlord nothing in respect of service charges in the period up to 9th September 2019.
- items reduced
We disallow this claim completely.
- s20c
The Tribunal refuses to make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, as being otiose.
- s20
Even if it were in principle recoverable, there was no section 20 consultation, so the amount recoverable would be limited to £250.
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The original
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