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Barley House 2 Peacock Close, London, NW7 1LD

LON/00AC/LUS/2022/0005 · LUS · Barnet · decided 11 Jul 2023

The tribunal determined under section 94(3) that only £169.28 of accrued uncommitted service charges was held by the landlords at the acquisition date, because under OM Ltd it could not examine challenges to pre-acquisition deductions, and it refused the applicant's request for reimbursement of fees.

OutcomeOther decision
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not applied for
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedRTM company
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentHLM Property Management
BuildingA block, 20 flats
Service charge years in dispute2021
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducednone stated
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payable£169.28
Fees or costs orderedthe applicant's application for reimbursement of application and hearing fees was refused

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flats n
Barley House is a purpose built block of 20 flats.
freeholder
The application is against the freeholders of the property, [name] Ground Rent GP Limited and [name] Ground Rent Holdco Limited.
agent
HLM Property Management (“HLM”) were the property managers before the acquisition date in respect of the property
outcome
we determine under section 94(3) of the 2002 Act that only the sum of £169.28 is held by the Respondents as accrued non-committed services charges.
total payable
we determine under section 94(3) of the 2002 Act that only the sum of £169.28 is held by the Respondents as accrued non-committed services charges.
costs
We refuse the application.

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