Flat 3 Festival House, 18 Vicarage Gate, Kensington, W8 4AA
LON/00AW/LSC/2019/0151 · service charges · Kensington and Chelsea · decided 24 Sep 2019
The tribunal found most of the £33,552.26 service charges claimed for Festival House payable, after £3,776.05 in deductions for a lighting item lacking consultation and agreed credits, and made a section 20C order limiting recovery of the landlord's costs to 60%.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Festival House Residents Limited |
| Management company | Festival House Residents Limited |
| Managing agent | Urang Management |
| Building | One flat, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2010, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £33,552.26 |
| Total found payable | £29,776.21 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
comprising eight flats in total
- freeholder
Applicant : Festival House Residents Limited
- agent
Mr [name] of Urang Management, the managing agent of the property
- years
for the period from 2010 through to 2018
- outcome
The total deductions ordered in this decision amount to £3776.05
- items reduced
The total deductions ordered in this decision amount to £3776.05
- total demanded
The landlord applicant claimed service charges of £33,552.26
- total payable
the net claim is now £29,776.21
- s20c
an order pursuant to S. 20c of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 as to 60% of the costs incurred by the lessor
- s20
the Tribunal took the view that the consultation process should have been entered into
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