Flat 298 Drake House, 14 St George Wharf London, SW8 2LS
LON/00AY/LSC/2021/0369 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 21 Feb 2024
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the service charges for 2018 to 2022 payable, but disallowed a £40 yearly estate charge and the £9,725 cost of an expert report, and refused the leaseholder's section 20C and paragraph 5A applications.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | St George South London Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | JB Leitch Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 185 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| 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 | legal and professional fees, other |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Freeholder : St George South London Limited
- agent
Representative : JB Leitch Ltd
- years
the entirety of the actual service charge sums incurred for the 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 service charge years
- outcome
(a) £40 per year in respect of estate service charge expenditure (Sector 1 Development costs); and
- items reduced
(b) £9,725, in respect of the costs of an expert report from Mr [name], FRICS.
- s20c
Both are refused for the reasons stated below.
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
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