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First floor flat, 94 Pretoria Road, Romford, Essex RM7 7AT

LON/00AR/LAC/2020/0020 · administration charges · Havering · decided 26 May 2021

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The tribunal disallowed a 2018 insurance premium charged in 2019 under the 20B time limit, and found the 2019 bank charges and the 2020 accountancy fee and management fee were not fully reasonable, with the rest of the 2019 and 2020 charges found payable.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not applied for
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordFast Homes Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentFountayne Managing Ltd
BuildingOne flat, 2 flats
Service charge years in dispute2019, 2020
Items in disputeinsurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reducedinsurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

flats n
The property is in a Victorian house which has been converted into two flats.
freeholder
Applicant : Fast Homes Limited
agent
represented by Fountayne Managing Ltd, a managing agent
years
the service charge years 2019 and 2020
outcome
The sum of £461.37 in respect of the insurance cover running from 31 July 2018 to 30 July 2019 cannot be recovered in the service charge.
items reduced
The service charge, in both years under consideration, for bank charges is not reasonably incurred.

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