40 Belvedere Gardens, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 9PG
MAN/00CK/LSC/2021/0010 · service charges · North Tyneside · decided 17 Oct 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced the management fees by 5% for each year from 2016 to 2020 and limited certain landscaping costs for 2017, 2018 and 2020 to £11,000 each, while the 2018 external painting was allowed in full, and the landlord is barred from recovering the costs of these proceedings through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Gala Unity Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Kingston Property Services |
| Building | One flat, 90 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | no order for costs under Rule 13 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Applicant is the owner of one of the 90 apartments
- freeholder
Respondent : Gala Unity Ltd
- agent
Respondent’s : Kingston Property Services
- years
The application concerned 6 separate years, being each of the 2016-2021 service charge years.
- outcome
the management charges for each of the years from 2016 to and including 2020 shall be reduced by 5%
- items reduced
the landscaping costs for 2017, 2018, and 2020 shall be limited to £11,000 for each of those years
- s20c
the Respondent be precluded from including the costs of the present proceedings within the service charges or as an administration charge
- costs
decided that there should be no order for costs under that Rule
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
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