Flats 1, 8, 9, 10 and 14 Onyx Mews, London E15 4HU
LON/00BB/LSC/2020/0094 · service charges · Newham · decided 4 Nov 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found that the Respondent wrongly allocated several cost categories, including vehicle access gates, management fees, fire equipment, bins and gardening, which must be corrected retrospectively, but dismissed the section 20B, commercial unit and fire risk challenges and refused all cost applications.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 75 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- years
the years 2014/15 to 2020/21 inclusive
- outcome
(D) The Respondent has wrongly allocated vehicle access gate maintenance to Accessway Costs and should instead have allocated them to Parking Space Costs.
- items reduced
(E) The Respondent has wrongly allocated management fees. They should instead be allocated 80% to Block Structure / Building Costs and 20% to Block Internal.
- s20c
accordingly the tribunal dismisses all three cost applications.
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): 11 Jan 2021.
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