Calum Court, 34 High Street, Purley, Surrey, CR8 2FR
LON/00AH/LSC/2023/0050 · service charges · Croydon · decided 17 Nov 2023
The tribunal allowed most 2021-22 charges but reduced cleaning, gardening, gutters and drains, external repairs and management fees, disallowed pre-completion construction costs, found the 2022-23 budget not shown to be unreasonable, ordered a £300 fee refund and capped the landlord's tribunal costs recoverable through the service charge at 20%.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | FS Design and Build Purley Ltd. |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 36 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse tribunal fees of £300 to the applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
with 3 commercial units on the Ground floor (occupied as a triple unit by a restaurant) and 36 residential flats above
- freeholder
Respondent : FS Design and Build Purley Ltd.
- years
in respect of the actual costs incurred in service charge years 2021-22 and the budgeted costs in 2022-23
- outcome
the amount payable in respect of managing agent’s fees is £10,000
- items reduced
the amount charged of £16,800 is not reasonable as a result
- s20c
so that only 20% of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
- costs
in respect of the reimbursement of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicant
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