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LON/00AC/LSC/2019/0138 · service charges · Barnet · decided 24 Jun 2019

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The tribunal found it unreasonable to charge the leaseholder for replacement windows for other flats, reducing his payable share to £504.36, dismissing the administration charges and interest, and making a s20C order.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentFirst Port Property Services
BuildingOne flat, 4 flats
Service charge years in dispute2017
Items in disputeadministration charges, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance
Total demanded£2,440.47
Total found payable£504.36
Fees or costs orderedApplicant not entitled to recover court fee or solicitors' costs

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flats n
Cousins Court is one block on an estate which consists of twelve blocks with twelve flats each
agent
managed by First Port Property Services
years
a contribution to reserves in September 2017
outcome
Part of the charge is unreasonable within s27A.
items reduced
No administration charges are recoverable
total demanded
claiming the sum of £2,440.47 from the Respondent
total payable
(totalling £504.36)
s20c
an order is made under s20C LTA 1985 in favour of the Respondent
costs
the Applicant is not entitled to recover the court fee or the solicitors’ costs either.

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