Flats 25, Lucam Lodge, The Garners, Rochford, Essex SS4 1DS
CAM/22UL/LSC/2019/0020 · service charges · Rochford · decided 25 Sep 2019
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found the full service charge of £7,508.81 reasonable and payable, awarded 5% interest of £491.64, ordered the leaseholder to pay £5,430.00 in legal costs under the lease, and refused a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 43 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | £7,508.81 |
| Total found payable | £7,508.81 |
| Fees or costs ordered | defendant to pay claimant's legal costs £5,430.00 under clause 3(7)(c) of the Lease |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a fairly large complex of 43 self-contained purpose-built flats in adjoining buildings
- years
the years ending 31st March 2012 to 2018
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the service charge of £7,508.81 demanded for the years in issue is reasonable and payable.
- total demanded
the Service Charge claimed of £7,508.81 to be reasonable and payable
- total payable
The First-tier Tribunal having determined the Service Charge claimed of £7,508.81 to be reasonable and payable
- s20c
The Tribunal does not find it just and equitable in the circumstances to grant an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985.
- costs
The Defendant shall pay to the Claimant by 1st November 2019 the sum of £5,430.00 by way of legal costs under clause 3(2) and 3(7)(c) of the Lease.
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