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Flat 22 Cinnabar House, Poulton Road, Morecambe, Lancashire, LA4 5BW

MAN/30UH/LSC/2018/0080 · service charges · Lancaster · decided 29 Oct 2019

The tribunal reduced the 2015–2017 general service charges by £1,365.02 per flat, found the Section 20 sinking charge not payable, rejected the administration charges, and ordered the landlord to pay the leaseholders' costs.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationConsultation failure found
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordMW Freeholds Ltd
Management companynone named
Managing agentMoreland Estate Management Limited
BuildingOne flat, 22 flats · 7 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2015, 2016, 2017
Items in disputeadministration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, reserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe applicant to pay the respondents' reasonable costs of the proceedings, assessed by the County Court on the indemnity

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flats n
converted, in stages, into 22 flats between 2005 and 2014
freeholder
Applicant : MW Freeholds Ltd
agent
It has instructed Moreland Estate Management Limited (“Moreland”) to A-act as its agent.
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.
items reduced
the general service charges must be reduced by a total sum of £30,030.42
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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