Flat 4, 16 Arterberry Road, London, SW20 8AJ
LON/00BA/LSC/2019/0366 · service charges · Merton · decided 9 Apr 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the respondent liable for most of the 2017/18 and 2018/19 service charges as demanded, but held that around £16,591.51 of pre-appointment arrears from 2004 to 2017 were not payable, and that the health and safety maintenance contract charge was not payable; a decision on the respondent's section 20C application is to follow separately.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Other |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Urang Property Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 5 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018 |
| 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 | administration charges, other, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
- flats n
containing five flats
- agent
the applicant, Mr [name], of Urang Property Management Limited (“Urang”), was appointed by the tribunal as the manager
- years
for the 2017/18 Service Charge Year
- outcome
Mr [name] is not entitled to recover the sum of £16,591.51 from Mrs [name] for the reasons that now follow.
- items reduced
We determine that both the budgeted and actual costs incurred to be unreasonable and not payable by Mrs [name].
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
This decision replaces an earlier one for the same case: 9 Apr 2020.
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