9A & 9B Crowther Road,London,SE25 5QW
LON/00AH/LSC/2023/0422 · service charges · Croydon · decided 10 Sep 2024
The Tribunal found the insurance premiums and management fees charged for the flats for September 2017 to September 2024 were unreasonable and substituted lower amounts, and it ordered that the landlord's costs cannot be passed to the lessees and that the respondent must refund the tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Seamoat Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicants' tribunal fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the Property which was the subject of this application was a building constructed around the 1900’s that comprised two maisonette flats at ground floor (9A) and first floor (9B) level
- freeholder
Respondent : Seamoat Ltd
- years
the service charge years September 2017 until September 2024 were not reasonable
- outcome
The Tribunal determined that the insurance premium and management fee for the Property in respect of the service charge years September 2017 until September 2024 were not reasonable. The Tribunal substituted the amounts as set out in this Decision.
- items reduced
The Tribunal determined that the insurance premium and management fee for the Property in respect of the service charge years September 2017 until September 2024 were not reasonable.
- s20c
The Tribunal made an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
- costs
the Respondent shall within 28 days of this Decision reimburse the Applicants of the Tribunal fees that the Applicants paid.
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