Flats 1-6, 47 Westow Street, London, SE19 3RW
LON/00AH/LSC/2021/0279 · service charges · Croydon · decided 1 Dec 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the service charges for 2017 to 2021 mostly reasonable and payable, except for a few small items in 2018 including a dummy camera, a notice board, duplicate locks and a duplicate invoice, and refused the lessees' request to block the landlord's costs being added to the charges.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Westow Street Developments Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 9 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £2,108.56 |
| Total found payable | £2,108.56 |
| Fees or costs ordered | the defendant to pay the claimant's costs of £1,200 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the Applicants are the lessees of 6 of the 9 flats at the subject property
- freeholder
[name] Street Developments Ltd
- years
for the years 2017-2021 inclusive
- outcome
are reasonable and payable, except for the following amounts
- items reduced
£96 in relation to a notice board invoiced by Kaya Construction
- total demanded
alleged service charge arrears of £2,108.56 from 2018-19
- total payable
The Defendant shall pay the Claimant the total sum of £2,108.56
- s20c
The Tribunal refuses to make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- costs
The Defendant shall further pay the Claimants’ costs of the proceedings, summarily assessed in the sum of £1,200.
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