4 Delf Mews Cottages, Delf Street, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9BZ
CHI/29UE/LSC/2021/0084 · service charges · Dover · decided 22 Feb 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal set the leaseholders' share of service charge costs at one quarter, reduced several charges including jet washing, accountancy and the refuse area, reduced the administration charges for legal costs, and ruled that the landlord cannot recover its costs of the tribunal proceedings through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Delf Mews Limited |
| Management company | Delf Mews Management Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, other |
| 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
converted in 2016 into 4 self-contained units
- freeholder
Respondent: Delf Mews Limited
- management company
The property is managed for it by Delf Mews Management Limited.
- years
reasonableness of service charges for the years 2021 and 2022
- outcome
Accountancy is reduced to Nil.
- items reduced
Accountancy is reduced to Nil.
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The original
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