Albion Court, Albion Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5TB

LON/00BF/LSC/2023/0406 · service charges · Sutton · decided 2 Jul 2024

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The tribunal found the leaseholders not liable for the estimated charge demanded on 28 September 2023, and of the estimated charge demanded in March 2024 only £228.85 per leaseholder was payable, with an order that the landlord's costs cannot be added to the service charge or charged as administration charges.

Outcome	Substantially reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	MB Freeholds Limited
Management company	none named
Managing agent	Residential Management Group
Building	A block · 4 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute	2023
Items in dispute	cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, other, utilities
Total demanded	£3,220.93
Total found payable	£228.85
Fees or costs ordered	none stated

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What the decision says

flats n: amount to £5228 for the twenty seven leaseholders
freeholder: Respondent : MB Freeholds Limited
agent: Representative : [name] of Residential Management Group
years: the period March 2023-September 2023 contained in an invoice dated 28th September 2023
outcome: This is £6179 or £228.85 per leaseholder.
items reduced: The total of the estimated charges for cleaning (£1283), window cleaning (£55), grounds maintenance (£3242) and gutter clearance
total demanded: despite claiming £3220.93 from the Applicant and the other leaseholders
total payable: This is £6179 or £228.85 per leaseholder.
s20c: an order is made in favour of the Applicants

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