8 Chantry House, Albert Road South, Southampton, Hampshire, SO14 5BU
CHI/00MS/LSC/2023/0168 · service charges · Southampton · decided 14 Feb 2025
The tribunal reduced the management fees to £150 a year inclusive of VAT for 2020-2021 to 2022-2023, and allowed gate costs of £360 for 2021-2022 and £627 for 2022-2023, ordered the respondent to repay the £300 fees, and disallowed the landlord's litigation costs under section 20C and paragraph 5A.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Chapel Riverside (Southampton) Management Company Limited |
| Management company | Chapel Riverside (Southampton) Management Company Limited |
| Managing agent | Gateway Property Management Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, 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 to pay the applicant application and hearing fees of £300.00 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The flat is one of twenty- seven situated in a particular block
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] ([name])
- agent
Gateway Property Management Limited
- years
for the four service charge years 2019- 2020 to 2022- 2023
- outcome
the Tribunal finds the charges for the gates to be payable to the extent of £360.00 in 2021- 2022 and £627.00 in 2022- 2023
- items reduced
the management fees payable in the reduced sum of £150.00 inclusive of VAT per year
- s20c
The Tribunal grants the Applicant’s applications pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
The Respondent shall pay to the Applicant the application and hearing fees of £300.00 within 14 days of issue of this Decision.
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