56B North Street, Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 1HJ
CHI/00HB/LSC/2003/0056 · service charges · Bristol, City of · decided 2 Jun 2024
The tribunal found the leaseholder payable £1,345 for 2020, £9,089 for 2021, £486 for 2022 and £941 for 2023, with management fees disallowed in some years, dispensation granted subject to conditions, and the landlord's costs excluded from the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | 56-58 North Street Management Company Ltd |
| Management company | North Street Management Company Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to refund the applicant's tribunal fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the Building is divided into four units with both raised and submerged entranceways.
- freeholder
The Respondent to this Application is a company, 56-58 North Street Management Company Ltd (“the Respondent”) who is the freeholder of the Building and landlord of the Applicant.
- years
The Applicant seeks a determination in respect of service charges levied on the Property for the accounting years 2020 to 2023.
- outcome
In respect of the service charge year 2022, the amount payable by way of service charge by the Applicant is £486, being the £450 management fee (£540 less £90 disallowed) plus £36 for insurance.
- items reduced
For 2020 only, the Tribunal determines that the management charge is unreasonable and no charge is payable.
- s20c
The Tribunal therefore makes an order under section 20C of the 1985 Act that any costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with these proceedings are not to be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of the service charge payable by the Applicant.
- s20
Failure to observe section 20 of the Act.
- costs
The Respondent must refund to the Applicant the Tribunal fees paid by him in bringing this case.
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