41a Arethusa Road, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2UR
CHI/00LC/LSC/2022/0026 · service charges · Medway · decided 30 Sep 2022
The tribunal found the landlord did not follow the section 20 consultation requirements for the roof replacement, so the recoverable amount is limited to £250, and it made orders preventing the landlord from adding its litigation costs to the service charge or recovering them from the leaseholder.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | 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
In September 2020 her sub-tenant telephoned her to say that scaffolding was being put up to enable a contractor to replace the roof.
- outcome
the amount of service charges that can be recovered is £250.00
- items reduced
the amount of service charges that can be recovered is £250.00
- s20c
The Tribunal makes orders under (a) Section 20C of the 1985 Act i.e. that any costs incurred by the Respondent in these proceedings are to be excluded from any service charge
- s20
the Respondent did not follow the consultation requirements of section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
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