Flat 4 Eastdown Court, 1-11 Eastdown Park, London SE13 5HU
LON/00AZ/LSC/2021/0190 · service charges · Lewisham · decided 4 Nov 2021
The tribunal found most 2017 to 2021 service charges reasonable and payable, disallowing company secretarial, director's insurance, some legal fees and a £250 administration charge, set the 2021 budget charge at £620.56, and refused the applicant'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 | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Eastdown Court Ltd. |
| Managing agent | Packfords Property management |
| Building | One flat, 21 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £620.56 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The property is a two bedroom flat in a block which contains 21 flats.
- freeholder
there was no dispute that the freehold of the property is owned by South London Ground Rents Ltd.
- management company
Respondent : Eastdown Court Ltd.
- agent
Representative : Packfords Property management
- years
it identifies disputes with the service charges for each of the service charge years ending in 2017 to 2021 inclusive.
- outcome
no charge is reasonable and payable in respect of the £563 charged to the service charge account for company secretarial services
- total payable
a service charge of £620.56 is both reasonable and payable.
- s20c
The application for an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge is refused.
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