CHI/00HE/LSC/2023/0037
CHI/00HE/LSC/2023/0037 · service charges · Cornwall · decided 19 Oct 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that the landlord's use of the Matrix percentages to apportion service charges is not authorised by the lease, so the 2022/2023 charges must be recalculated using floor areas, with any discretionary elements left for the landlord to decide rationally.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Zodiac House Management Limited |
| Managing agent | Belmont Property Management |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| 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 | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It was converted into thirteen residential apartments or flats
- freeholder
Zodiac House Management Limited (Zodiac) was registered as owner of the freehold of Zodiac House on 10 September 1999
- management company
The Respondent is a lessee owned management company.
- agent
Belmont Property Management (Belmont) is the current managing agent of Zodiac House.
- years
limited the dispute to the service charge year 1 May 2022 – 30 April 2023 (2022/2023)
- outcome
It is not reasonable for the Respondent to continue to apply the percentages in the Matrix to calculate the service charges due from each lessee
- s20c
The Tribunal made no orders under section 20C of the Act or paragraph 5 of Schedule 11 to CLARA.
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