All Units in Yorks House, 5 Coal Lane , London SW9 8GG
LON/00AY/LSC/2023/0313 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 18 Apr 2024
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the 2020 to 2023 service charges for Yorks House partly reasonable, making deductions for cleaning, the gate, repairs, podium work and management fees, and ordered that the landlord's costs of the proceedings cannot be added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Calibri GR Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Gateway Properties Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 24 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £187,027 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a block of 24 flats of whom 15 are Applicants
- freeholder
Respondent : Calibri GR Limited
- agent
Representative : Gateway Properties Management Limited
- years
Service charges for the period 2020 – 2023 inclusive were challenged.
- outcome
we reduce the gate maintenance charge by 25% for each year in question.
- items reduced
we reduce the unit cost of the management fee from £262.65 to £240 for each of the years in question.
- total demanded
It was said at the time of the application that the value of the dispute was £187027.
- s20c
We have no hesitation in exercising our discretion under s.20C
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The original
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