Flat 1, 12 Walpole Street, London, SW3 4QP
LON/00AW/LSC/2023/0074 · service charges · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 31 Aug 2023
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal held that the lease does not allow a reserve fund to be collected, that the service charge demands were not validly served until the case was received in 2023 so only costs incurred after 24 November 2021 are payable, that no administration fees for late payment or debt collection are payable under the lease, and it made a 75% section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | 12 Walpole Street Freehold Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | HML PM Ltd |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, reserve fund |
| 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
- freeholder
Applicant : 12 Walpole Street Freehold Limited
- agent
the managing agents, HML PM Ltd
- years
in respect of the service charge years from December 2019.
- outcome
Where the lessor has purported to demand a contribution to the reserve fund, that element of the service charge is not payable under the lease.
- items reduced
Where the lessor has purported to demand a contribution to the reserve fund, that element of the service charge is not payable under the lease.
- s20c
under section 20C of the 1985 Act that 75% of the costs incurred
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The original
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