48 Ringlet Road, St Mary's Island, Chatham, Kent ME4 3ET
CHI/00LC/LSC/2022/0067 · service charges · Medway · decided 10 Nov 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal refused the leaseholder's application for a 33% reduction in service charges for 2017 to 2022, finding the management fees reasonable and the grounds and general maintenance not shown to be unsatisfactory, and refused the applications for costs orders.
| Outcome | Dismissed or struck out |
|---|---|
| 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 | Holding and Management (Solitaire) Limited |
| Managing agent | First Port Property Services Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| 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
- freeholder
The Freehold is owned by Countryside Management Limited.
- management company
Respondent : Holding and Management (Solitaire) Limited
- agent
The Respondent’s appointed managing agent is First Port Property Services Limited (“First Port”)
- years
the reasonableness of the service charge for the years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- outcome
Having carefully considered all the evidence provided the Tribunal concluded that Dr [name] was not entitled to a reduction in his service charge for the years 2017-2022 and his application is refused.
- s20c
accordingly both applications in respect of costs are refused.
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
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