Flat 2, 237 Rye Lane, London, SE15 4TP
LON/00BE/LSC/2020/0299 · service charges · Southwark · decided 24 Mar 2021
The tribunal found the disputed service charges for 2018/19 to 2020/21 payable, but reduced the management fee to £150 a year and limited the landlord's costs of the application to 80%, with the percentage apportionment to be recalculated to include the commercial units.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 27 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| 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 |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | No fee reimbursement: the applicant's application and hearing fees are not reimbursed. |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Respondent : Metropolitan Housing Trust Limited
- years
The tribunal finds in respect of the service charge years 2018/19; 2019/20 and 2020/21 the following:
- outcome
the cost of the management fee is reduced to £150 per annum
- items reduced
the cost of the management fee is reduced to £150 per annum
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the 1985 Act and schedule 11, para 5 of the 2002 Act limiting the respondent’s costs in respect of the application to 80% of the total sum incurred.
- costs
No order is made for the reimbursement of the applicant’s application and hearing fee.
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