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Flats 1 and 3 105 Green Lanes London N16 9BX

LON/00AM/LUS/2021/0005 · LUS · Hackney · decided 18 Jul 2022

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The tribunal found several charges not payable or not reasonably incurred, including the emergency helpline, window cleaning, a second fire risk assessment, fire door inspections, the aborted meter cupboard works and most post-acquisition cleaning, and reduced the management fees, while allowing insurance premiums and other items; decisions on section 20C are deferred pending written submissions.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAssethold Limited
Management company105 Green Lanes (RTM) Company Ltd
Managing agentEagerstates Ltd
BuildingOne flat, 4 flats · 2 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2016, 2021
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

flats n
105 Green Lanes is a four storey Victorian terraced house converted into four flats.
freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
management company
(3) 105 Green Lanes (RTM) Company Ltd
agent
the Respondent’s managing agents, Eagerstates Ltd, served
years
in respect of the service charge years from that ending in September 2016 to the year ending September 2021
outcome
The management fees were not reasonably incurred. The following charges would be reasonable in substitution:
items reduced
Decision: The charges made in respect of the helpline relate to a service that was not made available to the leaseholders, and is not payable.

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