Apartment 3 Cinnabar House, Poulton Road, Morecambe, LA4 5BW
MAN/30UH/LSC/2023/0081 · service charges · Lancaster · decided 1 Oct 2024
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that the £3,409.04 section 20 sinking charge demanded for 2018 was not reasonable or payable, and made orders stopping the landlord recovering its tribunal costs through the service charge or as an administration charge.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | MW Freeholds Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Moreland Estate Property Management Company |
| Building | One flat, 22 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018 |
| Items in dispute | major works, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, reserve fund |
| Total demanded | £3,409.04 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It was converted into 22 apartments between 2005 and 2014
- freeholder
Respondent : MW Freeholds Limited
- agent
Cinnabar House was managed by Moreland Estate Property Management Company
- years
for the quarter beginning on 1 January 2018
- outcome
was not reasonable nor payable
- items reduced
was not reasonable nor payable
- total demanded
The total sum that was demanded from the Applicants under this particular provision was therefore £3409.04
- s20c
Orders should be made precluding the Respondent from seeking to recover
- s20
the Consultation requirements were not properly complied with
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The original
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