7a Heather Close, London SW8 3BS
LON/00AY/LSC/2022/0159 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 2 Feb 2023
The tribunal found the Ilecs consultancy costs of £1,824.84 and the management fees were not reasonably incurred, reducing management fees by £300 per lessee, and granted orders limiting the landlord's recovery of its costs of the proceedings.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | RG Securities (No.3) Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Inspired Property Management |
| Building | One flat, 9 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019 |
| Items in dispute | management fees, 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 may recover no more than 50% of its costs of these proceedings through service charges |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a 4-storey block of 9 flats
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] (No.3) Ltd
- agent
Inspired Property Management (“IPM”) act as the Respondent’s agents.
- years
the 3 years 2019-22 inclusive were not reasonably incurred
- outcome
The management fees are reduced by £300 for each Applicant.
- items reduced
(a) The expenditure on Ilecs totalling £1,824.84 (inc VAT) was not reasonably incurred; and (b) The management fees are reduced by £300 for each Applicant.
- s20c
An order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 that the Respondent may recover no more than 50% of their costs of these proceedings through the service charges levied on the Applicants.
- costs
the Respondent may recover no more than 50% of their costs of these proceedings through the service charges
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