Flats 1-13, 17 Marine Parade, Whitstable, Kent CT5 2BG
CHI/29UC/LSC/2019/0082 · service charges · Canterbury · decided 18 Feb 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced the service charges for 2017/18 and 2018/19, disallowing much of the repairs and maintenance and management charges, and extinguished the landlord's ability to recover its legal costs of the proceedings from the lessees.
| Outcome | Not stated |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Whitstable Homes Limited |
| Management company | Marine Maintenance Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 13 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicant |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The Applicants are the long lessees of the 13 flats comprising 17 Marine Parade.
- freeholder
(1) Whitstable Homes Limited
- management company
The Second Respondent is the Management Company and a party to the tri-partite leases of the flats.
- years
The service charges in question are for the service charge years 2017-8 and 2018-8th February 2019
- items reduced
£1800 for accountancy and bookkeeping
- s20c
The Tribunal does, therefore, make an order under section 20C of the Act.
- costs
The Tribunal does not make an order for the Respondents or either of them to pay the legal costs of the Applicants in these proceedings.
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