Flats 1, 2, 3 & 4, 779 High Road, Leytonstone, London, E11 4QS
LON/00BH/LSC/2022/0286 · service charges · Waltham Forest · decided 2 Apr 2024
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found £3,521.29 payable by the respondent for service charges from 2018 to 2022, reducing the management fees, and made an order that the landlord's tribunal costs cannot be charged through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Binton Estates UK Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Fountayne Management Ltd |
| Building | A block, 5 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £3,521.29 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
Applicant : Binton Estates UK Limited
- agent
Fountayne Management Ltd were the managing agents for the Property.
- years
The service charge years in dispute were 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
- outcome
The Tribunal did find that the management fees were excessive.
- items reduced
The Tribunal did find that the management fees were excessive.
- total payable
the sum of £3, 521.29 is payable by the
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
Later rulings on the same case (costs, section 20C, permission to appeal): 12 Aug 2024.
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