Flats 1 – 4, 14 St James Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 2TP

LON/00BF/LSC/2022/0392 · service charges · Sutton · decided 20 Jun 2023

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The tribunal reduced several 2021 and 2022 service charge items for bin cleaning, brickwork, pathway works, gutter cleaning and the management fee, finding some work not reasonably incurred or not carried out, and limited the landlord's costs recoverable from the leaseholders to 25%.

Outcome	Payable as demanded
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	Eagerstates Limited
Building	A block, 4 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2021, 2022
Items in dispute	administration charges, cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reduced	cleaning and grounds, management fees, repairs and maintenance
Total demanded	£37,461.60
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	Respondent's costs limited to 25% recoverable from applicants (s.20C and paragraph 5A order)

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What the decision says

flats n: converted into four separate flats, numbered 1 to 4
freeholder: Respondent : Assethold Limited
agent: The Property is managed by Eagerstates Limited on behalf of the Respondent
years: in respect of the service charge years 2021 and 2022
items reduced: The tribunal therefore determines that £300 is payable in 2022 in respect of rubbish removal and investigation of missing bricks.
total demanded: The total amount stated to be in dispute is £37,461.60.
s20c: no more than 25% of the landlord’s costs of the tribunal proceedings may be passed to the Applicants as lessees through any service charge
costs: no more than 25% of the costs incurred by the Respondent in connection with these proceedings can be charged direct to the Applicants as an administration charge

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