Arlington House, All Saints Avenue, Margate, Kent CT9 1XP
CHI/29UN/LSC/2020/0115 · service charges · Thanet · decided 25 Aug 2021
The Tribunal found that a service charge on account of £680,430 is payable for refurbishing the two lifts rather than replacing them, down from the £826,725 demanded, and made a section 20C order protecting leaseholders from the landlord's costs of the proceedings.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Metropolitan Property Realization Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 142 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | not stated |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, management fees |
| Total demanded | £826,725 |
| Total found payable | £680,430 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
consisting of 142 apartments located on the sea front in Margate
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that a service charge on account in the sum of £680,430 is payable in relation to major works for the refurbishment of the two lifts.
- items reduced
The Tribunal determines that a service charge on account in the sum of £680,430 is payable in relation to major works for the refurbishment of the two lifts.
- total demanded
in the sum of £826,725 is payable in relation to major works for the replacement of two lifts
- total payable
The Tribunal determines that a service charge on account in the sum of £680,430 is payable
- s20c
In the alternative, the Tribunal makes an Order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 preventing the landlord from recovering the costs
- s20
On 12 May 2020 the Tribunal granted the Respondent dispensation with conditions from the consultation requirements
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