6 Optima House, 43 High Street South, Dunstable, Beds LU6 3RZ
CAM/000KC/LSC/2020/0019 · service charges · Central Bedfordshire · decided 5 Oct 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced the estimated 2020 service charges by £1,088 in total, including cuts to the management fee and general maintenance estimate, and made a section 20C order protecting the leaseholders from the landlord's tribunal costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Moreland Estate Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 12 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| 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 | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprising 12 flats
- freeholder
Respondent : Ground Rent Trading Limited
- agent
Representative : Moreland Estate Management Limited
- years
in respect of the service charge year 2020, they being estimated charges
- outcome
In the circumstances I would reduce the management fee to the 2019 level of £2,934, a saving of £88.
- items reduced
I find that this estimated charge over eggs the pudding and reduce it to £500
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge.
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