55-57 High Street, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9AJ: 45UC/LSC/
· other · Arun · decided 14 Mar 2025
The Tribunal found the 2023 service charge demands invalid because they omitted the landlord's address, so none of the charges were payable, and it ordered the respondent to repay the £320 fees and granted a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Chandler Hawkins Surveyors |
| Building | A block, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £46,918.26 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to repay the application and hearing fees of £320.00 to the applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Property includes six residential flats, some the subject of an individual sub- lease.
- agent
only the address of the agents, Chandler Hawkins Surveyors.
- years
the dispute was with regard to service charges in the 2023 service charge and calendar year
- outcome
none of the charges demanded were payable.
- items reduced
The maximum amount of cost which the Tribunal determines to be reasonable for the purpose of service charges is £200.00 plus VAT per notice
- total demanded
The actual service charges of £46,918.26 would therefore have fallen to be reduced by that sum.
- s20c
The section 20C application is therefore granted.
- s20
The Dispensation Order addresses any issue as to consultation.
- costs
The Respondent shall pay to the Applicant the application and hearing fees of £320.00 within 14 days of issue of this Decision.
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