8 King Street Manchester M2 6AQ
MAN/00BN/LSC/2023/0043 · service charges · Manchester · decided 21 Mar 2024
The tribunal reduced cleaning costs for 2020 to 2023 and M&E costs for 2019 to 2023 as unreasonable, found the external roof repair costs not payable under the guarantee, ordered the landlord to refund the £200 fee, and extinguished litigation 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 | Cushman & Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Limited |
| Building | One flat, 21 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, 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 £200 tribunal fee |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprise twenty-one apartments on the first, second and third floors
- agent
DTZI has appointed Cushman & Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Limited (“C&W”) to provide property management services
- years
in respect of the service charge years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023
- outcome
Cleaning costs for the years 2020 to 2023 are unreasonable. They are reduced as set out at paragraph 58
- items reduced
The M&E costs for 2019-2023 are unreasonable. They are reduced by a third
- s20c
Any litigation costs are extinguished.
- costs
The Respondent to re pay the lead Applicant the £200 tribunal fee.
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