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LON/00BG/LSC/2021/0419 · service charges · Tower Hamlets · decided 31 May 2022

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The tribunal allowed the RTM company's insurance and company secretarial costs and some of the management fees and electricity, but disallowed a number of repair, testing, cleaning, water pump, risk management and out-of-hours charges, and reduced the converted units' share of the management fee.

OutcomeReduced
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 agentnone named
BuildingA block, 6 flats
Service charge years in dispute2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Total demanded£44,979
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

flats n
The vent in the roof is part of the structure of the building and the cost should be charged to all eight units.
years
in the sum of £44,979.00 are reasonable and payable.
outcome
The fees for 2019 and 2020 are reduced to £200 for each year.
items reduced
The 2018 and 2020 bills for drainage work and general maintenance are not payable.
total demanded
in the sum of £44,979.00 are reasonable and payable.

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