Flat 17, 70-72 Westbourne Terrace, W2 6QA
LON/00BK/LSC/2024/0125 · service charges · Westminster · decided 14 Apr 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal disallowed the gas charges, management fee overcharges, a pest control excess, a boiler pump invoice and a fire alarm management fee, found the County Court interim sum recoverable, and refused a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Kolup Investments Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | £5,023 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It has seventeen numbered flats and two flats lettered A and B, making a total of nineteen flats.
- freeholder
the freehold is held by Kolup Investments Ltd.
- years
determination of the service charge due in 2021- 22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 and the budgeted figures for 2024-25.
- outcome
In our judgment for both these reasons, the tenant is not obliged to contribute to the cost of gas. We disallow this head.
- items reduced
We disallow the three overcharges in the total sum of £2,908.
- s20c
we should refuse to make a section 20C or para 5A order.
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