Flats 4 and 5, 32 Brunswick Square, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1ED
CHI/00ML/LIS/2020/0035 · LIS · Brighton and Hove · decided 8 Apr 2021
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found most of the service charges for 2014 to 2019 payable, but limited the respondents' share of the 2017 building repair works to £250 per flat because the section 20 consultation was not followed, and declined to make a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Alencon Flat Management Limited |
| Management company | Alencon Flat Management Limited |
| Managing agent | Pepper Fox Limited |
| Building | A block, 7 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| 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
- flats n
divided into seven residential flats
- freeholder
The Applicant company owns the freehold.
- agent
From November 2016 to date the Property has been managed by Pepper Fox Limited.
- years
service charge years ending 29 September 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018
- outcome
the amount of service charge payable by the Respondents is as follows
- items reduced
the Tribunal determines that the amount of service charge payable by the Respondents is as follows
- s20c
In the circumstances, the Tribunal declines to make an Order pursuant to section 20C of the 1985 Act.
- s20
should have been subject to consultation pursuant to Section 20 of the 1985 Act. Accordingly, the Respondents’ contribution to those works are limited to £250 for Flat 4 and £250 for Flat 5.
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