Flat 37 Langford Court, Abbey Road, London NW8 9DN
LON/00BK/LSC/2020/0063 · service charges · Westminster · decided 25 Jan 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the 2016 to 2019 service charges payable apart from a £500 reduction in managing agent fees, dismissed the tenant's counterclaim for water damage, and no section 20C order was made.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | RTM company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Langford Court RTM Company Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £15,457.03 |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to pay the applicant's contractual legal costs of £19550.49 assessed in the County Court |
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What the decision says
- management company
Applicant : Langford Court RTM Company Limited
- years
arrears of service charges for the service charge years 2016, 2017, 2018 and the interim charge for the 2019 are reasonable and payable
- outcome
reduces these by £500 over the period claimed
- items reduced
the managing agent fees charged to Mr [name] for the periods 2016, 2017, 2018 and the interim charge of 2019 to be unreasonable and reduces these by £500 over the period claimed
- total payable
payable by the respondent in the sum of £15,457.03
- s20c
No order is made by the tribunal under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 prohibiting the costs incurred by the applicant in the tribunal from being added to the service charges.
- costs
The claimant’s costs assessed in the sum of £19,550.49 are payable by the defendant.
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