9 St Nicholas Apartments, 140B Fosse Road North, Leicester, LE3 5ER
BIR/00FN/LLD/2019/0009 · LLD · Leicester · decided 6 Feb 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the cleaning and accountancy charges reasonable and the invoices validly served, but reduced the management fees for 2016 and 2017 by 25%, and awarded the landlord judgment with contractual indemnity costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Adriatic Land 1 (GR3) Ltd |
| Management company | St Nicholas Apartments Management Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 24 flats · 6 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to pay the applicants' contractual indemnity costs of £12,269.32 inclusive of VAT |
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What the decision says
- flats n
there were 24 flats spread over three floors in one part of the buildings
- freeholder
the First Applicant, Adriatic Land 1 (GR3) Ltd, is the landlord and freeholder of [name]
- management company
the Second Applicant, [name] Management Ltd, the management company
- agent
The latter has appointed Town & City Management Ltd (“TCML”) as its agent from April 2018
- years
two County Court claims for service charge arrears for the period 2016 to 2018
- outcome
The fees charged, however, were unreasonable notwithstanding the problems created by arrears.
- items reduced
The fees charged, however, were unreasonable notwithstanding the problems created by arrears.
- s20c
There is no basis for protecting them in costs and no order will be made.
- costs
It totals £12,269.32, inclusive of VAT.
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