Blocks 1-3, Lions Row, Avenue Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 5EQ
CAM/22UD/LAM/2019/0011 · appointment of a manager · Brentwood · decided 14 Aug 2020
The tribunal dismissed the leaseholders' application to appoint a manager for Lions Row, finding unreasonable service charges had been made in past years but that it was not just and convenient to appoint a manager, and made a section 20C order in the landlord's favour.
| Outcome | Dismissed or struck out |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Gateway Property Holdings Limited |
| Management company | Gateway Property Management Limited |
| Managing agent | Gateway Property Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 11 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | each party to bear their own costs; the applicants' application for a costs order was refused |
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- flats n
these are simple blocks of 11 flats in total
- freeholder
The application was opposed by the Respondent landlord, Gateway Property Holdings Limited.
- management company
The Respondent was represented by Mrs [name] (in-house solicitor).
- agent
It appointed Gateway Property Management Limited, a member of the same group of companies, as managing agent in place of Red Rock.
- years
unreasonable service charges had been made in the period from 1 April 2014 to 2018
- outcome
(1) The application is dismissed.
- s20c
The tribunal orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (the “1985 Act”) that any costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with these proceedings in this tribunal are not to be regarded as relevant costs
- costs
it is appropriate for each party to bear their own costs.
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