5 Luton Road, Luton, LU1 3UE
CAM/00KA/LSC/2023/0064 · service charges · Luton · decided 16 Dec 2024
The tribunal reduced the charges for insurance and management fees for 2022 and 2023, limited the landscape maintenance charge to the invoiced amount, ordered that the landlord's costs of the case cannot be charged to the leaseholder, and ordered the landlord to repay £300 in fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | JT Consultancy Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Silvercrown Luton Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 10 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant the application fee and the hearing fee totalling £300 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a converted block of 10 flats
- freeholder
Respondent Landlord JT Consultancy Ltd
- agent
Silvercrown Luton Ltd has at all material times been the Respondent’s Managing Agent.
- years
The Applicant clarified that she challenged the service charge years ending on:
- outcome
The cost to the Applicant for “Insurance, Public Liability” is limited to a £110 for each of 2022 and 2023;
- items reduced
A sum of £350 is therefore unreasonable in amount, the Tribunal determines.
- s20c
The application by the Applicant under s.20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and paragraph 5A of [name] 11 to CLARA 2002 is granted.
- costs
The Respondent shall reimburse the Applicant the application fee and the hearing fee in the total sum of £300 within 28 days.
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