Flats 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8 De Vere Court 91 Hoe Street Walthamstow London E17 4SA

LON/00BC/LSC/2023/0209 · service charges · Waltham Forest · decided 10 Jan 2024

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The tribunal found about £31,376 of disputed service charges for 2019 to May 2023 payable at Assethold Limited's building at De Vere Court, reducing insurance to £1,800 a year, bin cleaning to £180 and window cleaning to £528 a year, and made a s.20C order preventing the landlord recovering its tribunal costs through the service charge.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	Assethold Limited
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	A block, 9 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2019
Items in dispute	cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees
Total demanded	£65,222.63
Total found payable	£31,375.98
Fees or costs ordered	respondent to reimburse the applicants' application and hearing fees

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What the decision says

flats n: containing nine self-contained flats
freeholder: Assethold Limited ('Assethold') is the named Respondent
years: [name] service charges amounting to £31,375.98 are reasonable and payable for the service charge period 1 January 2019 to May 2023.
outcome: The Tribunal reduce the allowed management charge by 50% to £388.58.
items reduced: it is for this reason they determine the insurance charge for each and every year in dispute should be £1,800.
total demanded: The total sum in dispute was identified as £65,222.63.
total payable: disputed service charges amounting to £31,375.98 are reasonable and payable
s20c: The Tribunal makes a s.20C and paragraph 5A Order under the provisions of the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985
costs: They also Order the Respondent to reimburse the costs of the Tribunal application and hearing fees to the Applicants.

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