Flat 62 Lulworth House, Dorset Road, London SW8 1DR
LON/00AY/LSC/2023/0407 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 13 Jun 2024
The tribunal found that the landlord wrongly apportioned lift and external electricity costs for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and that the lease method, giving the applicant a 1.18% share (£20.32 per year), applies, and ordered the landlord to reimburse the £300 tribunal fees.
| 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 | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees of £300 |
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What the decision says
- years
the service charges for the years 2021-2022 in respect of lift service and maintenance costs
- outcome
The tribunal determines that the actual sum of £20.32 is payable by the applicant for the year 2021-2022
- items reduced
the respondent's method for calculating the applicant's share of the lift costs for the years 2021-2021 is different to the method provided for in the lease
- s20c
The tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
the respondent shall pay the applicant £300 within 28 days of this decision, in respect of the reimbursement of the tribunal fees
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