Ground Floor and Second Floor Flats, 12 Thorn Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 3ND
CHI/00UH/LSC/2022/0086 · service charges · Worthing · decided 22 Mar 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced the management fee to £300 a year for 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022, found the service charges otherwise reasonable and payable, made a s.20C order limited to £500, and ordered the respondent to refund £100 of each applicant's fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Plentview Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | JH Watson Property Management |
| Building | A block, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to reimburse each applicant £100 towards application and hearing fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
currently divided into 3 self-contained flats
- freeholder
The Respondent is the current freeholder of the property.
- agent
The day to day management of the property is carried out by JH Watson Property Management
- years
(2016, 2017, 2020, 2021 and 2022)
- outcome
The Tribunal reduces the Respondent’s management fee for the property
- items reduced
The Tribunal reduces the Respondent’s management fee for the property
- s20c
makes an order under both s20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
The Tribunal orders the Respondent to pay to each Applicant forthwith the sum of £100 in partial repayment of their application and hearing fees.
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