5 Cloughmore House, Trafalgar Street, Cambridge CB4 1ET
CAM/12UC/LSC/2021/0018 · service charges · Cambridge · decided 7 Oct 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the 2018 service charge not payable because it was demanded outside the 18-month limit, the 2019 and 2020 charges payable only once properly demanded with a valid summary of rights, and made a section 20C order protecting the leaseholder from the landlord's costs of the case.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Cloughmore Homes Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 10 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| 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
The Property is a three storey Block of 10 Flats (the Block)
- freeholder
Respondent (Landlord & Freeholder) : Cloughmore Homes Limited
- years
The Tribunal determines that the Service Charge of £687.84 is reasonable and payable by the Applicant to the Respondent for the year ending 31st December 2019 when properly demanded.
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the Service Charge for the year ending 31st December 2018 is not payable by the Applicant to the Respondent pursuant to section 20B of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- items reduced
Stationery & Postage 0 0 0
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an Order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that the Respondent’s costs in connection with these proceedings should not be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any Service Charge payable by the Applicants.
- s20
as the cost amounted to more than £250.00 per unit a section 20 Procedure should have been followed or a section 20ZA dispensation should have been obtained before or after the work had been carried out
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