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Flat 2, 63 Cadogan Gardens, London, SW3 2RA

LON/00AW/LSC/2022/0003 · service charges · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 12 Dec 2022

The tribunal rejected the applicant's arguments on apportionment and kept the leaseholder's share at 35.44%, then cut the sinking fund to £18,000 a year, limited the concierge charge to £3,000 a year, and reduced or disallowed many other items; the section 20C application is still to be decided.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingOne flat, 3 flats
Service charge years in dispute2014, 2015
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedcleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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flats n
is in a block of just three flats
freeholder
Respondent : International Property Rentals Limited
years
2014-2015
outcome
Accordingly, this service charge is unreasonable and is disallowed in full and set at £nil.
items reduced
Accordingly, this service charge is unreasonable and is disallowed in full and set at £nil.

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