Flats 2 and 3 Brunswick Mansions Handel Street London WC1N 1PE
LON/00AG/LSC/2020/0170 · service charges · Camden · decided 21 Jun 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found insurance premiums for 2015 to 2018 reasonable but limited the 2019 and 2020 insurance to £12,000 a year, reduced the management fees for 2019 and 2020 to £477.69 for flat 2 and £482.55 for flat 3 a year, found the entry phone charges reasonable, and made orders preventing the landlord's litigation costs being added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Girish Gupta Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Parkgate Aspen Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 15 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, management fees, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees |
| 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
- flats n
Brunswick Mansions is a mansion block, comprising 15 flats.
- freeholder
The second Respondent was the freeholder of the building until August 2017. Since then, the third Respondent has been the freeholder.
- agent
Mr [name] is a director of Parkgate Aspen Ltd (“Parkgate”), who are the managing agents for the Respondent.
- years
service charges payable by the Applicant in respect of service charge years from 2015 to 2020
- outcome
we conclude that those for 2019 and 2020 were unreasonable, and should be limited to £12,000.
- items reduced
That on the premiums for 2019 and 2020 was not reasonably incurred.
- s20c
We order (1) under section 20C of the 1985 Act that the costs incurred by the Respondent in proceedings before the Tribunal are not to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable by the Applicants
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