4 & 5 Marble Court, Parkfield Road, Torquay, Devon, TQ1 4DX
CHI/00HH/LIS/2019/0048 · LIS · Torbay · decided 23 Mar 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found that no valid demands had been issued for the years 2014 to 2018, so none of the service charges claimed were payable, and it ordered that the applicant's costs of the application cannot be added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Marble Court (Torquay) Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 20 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, reserve fund |
| 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
the development as a whole consisted of 20
- freeholder
The company had purchased the freehold in February 2014 from the receivers.
- years
reasonableness of service charges for the years 2014 to 2018 inclusive.
- outcome
As a result none of the funds claimed are properly due and payable by the Respondents.
- items reduced
The tribunal does not find any of the accountancy costs (other than bookkeeping costs we have previously dealt with) are due and payable.
- s20c
We are satisfied that it is reasonable to make an Order pursuant to section 20C that none of the costs of this application may be recovered from the Respondents as a service charge item.
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