Flat 9, York House, Western Road, Romford, Essex RM1 3LP
LON/00AR/LSC/2019/0400 · service charges · Havering · decided 30 Nov 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the service charge demands for 2017/18 and 2018/19 invalid because they did not correctly identify the landlord or give the required address, so the sums are not yet payable; it also made a s.20C order and ruled on individual cost heads.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | York House Flat Management 2015 Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 18 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, 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
the total sum for service charges should be equally divided by the 18 flats in the building
- management company
York House Flat Management 2015 Limited (formed for the collection of service charges)
- years
The tribunal finds that the landlord's demand for payment of service charges includes the service charge years 2017/18 and 2018/19.
- outcome
the sums said to be due for service charges accrued in 2017/18 and 2018/19 are not due or payable under section 48 of the 1987 Act until such time a valid notice is served.
- items reduced
The tribunal disallows this sum as it finds they have not been reasonably incurred as part of the service charges.
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 determining that the costs of this application are not to be added to the respondents' service charges.
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