Flat 7 140 Gloucester Terrace London W2 6HR
LON/00BK/LSC/2021/0455 · service charges · Westminster · decided 14 Nov 2022
The tribunal set the flat's service charge share at 3.92% rather than the higher percentage charged, reduced some management fees, held the subletting fee not payable, allowed the porch roof and balcony repair costs, ordered the landlord to refund £300 of tribunal fees, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Prime Property Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 7 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse tribunal fees £300 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The property which is the subject of this application is one of eleven flats in two converted houses.
- agent
Mr [name], of Prime Property Management Limited, on behalf of the Respondent
- years
the amount of service charges and administration charges payable by the Applicant in the years 2018-19 to 2020-21 inclusive.
- outcome
The management fees for 2017-18 and 2018-19 are reduced to £3440.
- items reduced
The administration charge for registering a subletting of less than three years is not payable.
- s20c
so that none of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
- costs
The tribunal determines that the Respondent shall pay the Applicant £300 within 28 days of this Decision, in respect of the reimbursement of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicant.
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