Flats 2 and 3, 2 Gilbert Street, London W1K 5HA
LON/00BK/LSC/2018/0265 · service charges · Westminster · decided 4 Oct 2019
The tribunal reduced the lift maintenance contract charges by 15% for failing to meet a reasonable standard, found no deduction for internal cleaning, window cleaning or managing agents' fees, made no finding on the disputed legal fees, and refused the section 20C application.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Conegate Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Residential Facilities Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2013, 2017 |
| Items in dispute | legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| 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
- agent
Mr [name] of Residential Facilities Management Limited (the First Applicant’s managing agents)
- years
the service charge years 2013-2018
- outcome
the lift maintenance costs (that is the costs of the annual maintenance contract rather than the costs of additional call out/repair works) should be reduced by 15% in order to reflect this.
- items reduced
the lift maintenance costs (that is the costs of the annual maintenance contract rather than the costs of additional call out/repair works) should be reduced by 15%
- s20c
The Tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
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