Flat 1 & 2,105 Hamilton Road,London,SW19 1JG
LON/00BA/LSC/2024/0008 · service charges · Merton · decided 24 Oct 2024
The tribunal reduced the 2022-23 service charges for insurance, window cleaning, gutter cleaning, fire testing and management fees, disallowed the drone survey, fire risk assessment, inventory, decorating and electrical fault finding, allowed the fire safety signs in full, made section 20C and administration charge cost orders, and ordered the respondent to refund £300 in fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Assethold Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerstates Ltd |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, 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
- freeholder
Assethold Ltd (Landlord) and
- agent
Eagerstates Ltd (Landlord’s managing
- years
in respect of the 2022-23 service charge year
- outcome
Accordingly, we determine that the window cleaning should be reduced to £60.
- items reduced
Accordingly, we determine that the window cleaning should be reduced to £60.
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge.
- costs
the Respondent shall pay the Applicant £300 within 28 days of this Decision
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