5 Buckingham Gardens, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 8AT
LON/00AH/LSC/2023/0279 · service charges · Croydon · decided 29 May 2024
figures not yet checkedThe landlord was found to be owed nothing for charges before 20 December 2022 or after 15 August 2023, only £308.70 was found payable for the period between, and the landlord must pay the tenants' tribunal fees and legal costs, with an order preventing it recovering its own legal costs 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 | Assethold Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerestates Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, legal and professional fees, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £308.70 |
| Fees or costs ordered | Respondent to pay applicants £408.50 legal costs and £300 tribunal fees |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
the landlord is named as Assethold Ltd
- agent
The management fee of Eagerestates Ltd has been agreed in the sum of £236.70.
- years
the past service charge years 2021 and 2022 and the current and future service charge years 2023 and 2024
- outcome
It follows that the only sums payable by the tenants are £236.70 in respect of the management fee and £72 in respect of guttering/window cleaning, a total of £308.70.
- items reduced
We disallow all these items.
- total payable
a total of £308.70
- s20c
this is an appropriate case for us to exercise our discretion to make such an order
- costs
The respondent shall pay the applicants £408.50 in respect of their legal costs and £300.00 in respect of the fees payable to the Tribunal.
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