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Focus Apartments, 45 Carr Street, Ipswich IP4 1HD

CAM/42UD/LSC/2022/0069 · service charges · Ipswich · decided 2 Apr 2024

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The tribunal reduced the reserve fund contribution to £13,500 a year, upheld the estate charge and cleaning interim payments, made a section 20C order, and ordered the landlord to refund the £300 tribunal fees.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingA block, 25 flats
Service charge years in dispute2020, 2022
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, other, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedreserve fund
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe respondent to reimburse the applicants' tribunal fees of £300 within 28 days

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flats n
Focus Apartments is a block of 25 residential flats
freeholder
1. Grey GR Limited Partnership
years
as to the payability of certain service charge items from 2020 through to 2022
outcome
The tribunal determines that a reasonable contribution to the reserve fund for 2021 and 2022 is £13,500.
items reduced
The tribunal determines that a reasonable contribution to the reserve fund for 2021 and 2022 is £13,500.
s20c
the tribunal determines that it is just and equitable for orders to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act and Paragraph 5A of the 2002 Act
costs
the First Respondent shall pay the Applicants £300 within 28 days of this Decision, in respect of the reimbursement of the tribunal fees paid by them.

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