Apartment 902, 155 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2FW
LON/00AY/LSC/2021/0337 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 13 Jul 2023
The tribunal found the service charges for 2019 to 2023 payable apart from cleaning costs for 2019 above £73,000 and a £50 per year management fee reduction from 2020, plus a £6.05 telephone credit, and made section 20C orders limiting recovery of the landlord's costs.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Strawberry Star London Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent may not add 25% of the second respondent's costs of the proceedings to the service charge |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
The Second Respondent is the freeholder of the development and is the First Respondent’s landlord.
- years
for the four years 2019 to 2023 inclusive
- outcome
are reasonable and payable save as to the following items:
- items reduced
(a) The costs of cleaning for 2019 are not reasonable to the extent that they exceed £73,000;
- s20c
The Tribunal grants orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and paragraph 5A of Schedule 11 to the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 that the First Respondent may not add any of their costs of the Tribunal proceedings to the Applicants’ service charges or bill them direct to the Applicants.
- costs
the Respondents may not regard 25% of the Second Respondent’s costs of these proceedings as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable by the Applicants.
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