Flat 8 Dunraven House, 230 Kew Road, Richmond, TW9 3LG
LON/00BD/LSC/2018/0452 · service charges · Richmond upon Thames · decided 13 May 2019
The tribunal found the 2016 sinking fund demand of £250 not payable, reduced the Applicants' balcony decoration share to £182, found the plumbing charges payable in full, and made orders preventing the landlord's costs of the proceedings being charged to leaseholders.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | HML PM Limited |
| Building | One flat, 11 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2016 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, reserve fund |
| 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
The Property is part of a purpose-built block of 11 flats
- agent
The Management Agreement with HML PM Limited (“HML”) is not a qualifying long-term agreement
- years
Various charges for plumbing between 2014 and 2016.
- outcome
The Applicants’ share of the charge for decorating the balconies in 2014/15 is reduced to £182.00 (this being 9.1% of £2,000.00).
- items reduced
The sinking fund contribution of £250.00 levied in 2016 is not payable.
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the 1985 Act that none of the costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with these proceedings may be recovered through the service charge.
- s20
the Respondent was nevertheless legally obliged to consult
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