Flat 16 Cinnabar House, Poulton Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5BW
MAN/30UH/LSC/2018/0083 · service charges · Lancaster · decided 29 Oct 2019
The Tribunal found the 2015-2017 general service charges partly unreasonable, reducing each flat's contribution by £1365.02, found the £75,000 Section 20 sinking charge not payable, and ordered the landlord to pay the respondents' costs with a section 20C order made.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | MW Freeholds Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 22 flats · 7 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| 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 | the applicant to pay the respondents' reasonable costs of the proceedings, assessed by the County Court on the indemnity |
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What the decision says
- flats n
converted, in stages, into 22 flats between 2005 and 2014
- freeholder
Applicant : MW Freeholds Ltd
- years
The general service charges for the years 2015–2017 were not all reasonable and are not payable in full.
- outcome
Each Respondent’s contribution is to be reduced by £1365.02.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes Orders pursuant to section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- s20
The Section 20 Consultation clearly did not properly comply with the Regulations
- costs
the Applicant pay the Respondent’s reasonable costs of the proceedings before the Tribunal
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