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56 Oakleigh Square, Hampshire Lakes, Hammond Way, Yateley, GU46 7AG

CHI/24UG/LSC/2022/0037 · service charges · Hart · decided 21 Nov 2022

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The Tribunal found the laundry and restaurant staffing costs reasonable, but ruled that catering costs and private housekeeping costs and income cannot go through the service charge, and later ordered the landlord to reimburse the tribunal fees of £300.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAnchor Trust
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingOne flat, 119 flats
Service charge years in dispute2019, 2020, 2021
Items in disputeother
Items disallowed or reducedother
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe respondent to reimburse the applicant tribunal fees of £300.00

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What the decision says

flats n
a development of 119 residential
freeholder
Anchor Trust (Company Registration No. 03147851)
years
for the years ending 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021
outcome
the figure for catering costs are not expenses that the Respondent can recover under the terms of the Lease
items reduced
it was wrong to charge catering costs
s20c
The Tribunal therefore makes an Order pursuant to section 20C of the 1985 Act
costs
orders the Respondent to reimburse to the Applicant fees paid by the Applicant to the Tribunal in the total sum of £300.00

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