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Bridge Court, Lea Bridge Road, London E10 7JS

LON/00BH/LSC/2020/0143 · service charges · Waltham Forest · decided 11 Oct 2021

The Tribunal found most of the disputed service charges for 2014 to 2019 payable but disallowed accountants' and legal fees entirely and reduced several other categories, including CCTV, cleaning, management fees and refuse removal, and limited the landlord's recovery of its costs of the proceedings to 20%.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordTriplerose Ltd
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingOne flat, 24 flats · 3 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedcleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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flats n
Bridge Court consists of two buildings, each containing 24 flats.
freeholder
Respondent : Triplerose Ltd
outcome
The service charges challenged in these proceedings are reasonable and payable except for the following items:
items reduced
(a) All accountants’ fees;
s20c
The Tribunal orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and paragraph 5A of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 that the Respondent may recover no more than 20% of their costs of these proceedings.

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