38, Montefiore Court, Stamford Hill, London. N16 5TY
LON/00AM/LSC/2021/0440 · service charges · Hackney · decided 24 Jun 2022
The tribunal found no service charges were payable for 25 June 2021 to 24 December 2021 because the demands did not comply with the lease's notice requirement, though it set out a sum it would have found reasonable had a proper demand been made.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Fountayne Managing Ltd. |
| Building | One flat, 44 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees, other |
| Total demanded | £781.54 |
| Total found payable | £581.86 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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- flats n
the property is part of a block of 44 flats with garages and gardens
- freeholder
the freehold is owned by a company called Dometown Ltd.
- agent
The Applicant’s representative Fountayne Managing Ltd. was represented at
- years
for the period from 25 June 2021 to 24 December 2021
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that no sums are payable by the Respondent by way of service charges for the period from 25 June 2021 to 24 December 2021.
- items reduced
Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance 40. In their statement of case the Applicant states that this charge is to provide
- total demanded
making a total of £781.54. This was, he said, the sum sought.
- total payable
Total £581.86
- s20c
The application for an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge is refused because no such order is necessary.
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