Flats 24, 62, 104, 107 and 112 Ziggurat House, 25 Grosvenor Road, St Albans, Herts AL1 3UE
CAM/26UG/LSC/2021/0001 · service charges · St Albans · decided 20 Jul 2021
The tribunal found the 2018 and 2019 service charges reasonable and payable apart from several items, including accountancy, electricity, lift repairs, car park and parking patrol costs, sundries and managing agents fees, which were reduced or disallowed, and ordered the landlord to bear its own costs of the application and reimburse the £300 fees paid.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | London and Suburbs Limited |
| Management company | Landside Property Management Limited |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 125 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees, 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 | respondent to reimburse application and hearing fees of £300 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
converted into 125 residential units by the Respondent Freeholder
- freeholder
Respondent : London and Suburbs Limited (Lessor)
- agent
Landside Property Management Limited
- years
(a) 2018 and 2019, that they are reasonable and payable as claimed, save in respect of the items set out in these reasons at paragraphs 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33 and 36 herein
- outcome
save in respect of the items set out in these reasons at paragraphs 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33 and 36 herein
- items reduced
the sum of £1100 is reduced to £600.
- s20c
makes an order pursuant to section 20C of the 1985 Act
- costs
make an order requiring the Respondent forthwith to reimburse to the Applicants the sum of £300
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