Apartment 5, The Old Chapel, 12 Bennett Street, Liversedge WF15 7ES
MAN/00CZ/LSC/2023/0073 · service charges · Kirklees · decided 25 Feb 2025
The tribunal decided that service charges demanded for Apartment 5 for 2017 to 2023 are not payable by the Applicant, because the RTM company did not prepare compliant accounts, serve the required summary of rights, or carry out section 20 consultation, and its costs may not be added to the service charge account, while the Applicant's separate costs application remains to be decided.
| 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 | The Old Chapel RTM Company Limited |
| Management company | The Old Chapel RTM Company Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Total demanded | £2,500 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | Applicant's Rule 13 costs claim of £844.50 pending; no costs yet ordered |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Respondent : The Old Chapel RTM Company Limited
- years
Service charges demanded for the years ending 31 December 2017 to 31 December
- outcome
other than those, if any, already paid are not payable by the Applicant.
- items reduced
Service charges demanded for the years ending 31 December 2017 to 31 December
- total demanded
making a total of £2,500
- s20c
The Respondent’s costs of the application may not be added to the service charge account payable by the Applicant.
- s20
no section 20 consultation procedure has been undertaken, either for the roof repairs
- costs
Total £844.50
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