Ground Floor Flat, 8 St Mary’s Road, Watford, WD18 0EF
CAM/26UK/LIS/2023/0020 · LIS · Watford · decided 7 Apr 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that no service charges were payable by the leaseholder for the years 2010 to 2022 because the landlord failed to provide valid demands, certified accounts and evidence of works, and the claims were time-barred, and it made a section 20C order preventing the landlord's tribunal costs being passed through the service charge.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £37,176 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
There were two flats under this freehold title
- years
there are no service charge payments payable by Respondent in respect of the service charges for the years 2010 to 2022
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that there are no service charge payments payable by Respondent in respect of the service charges for the years 2010 to 2022.
- items reduced
The Tribunal therefore finds that the service charge claimed by the Applicant for the Year Ended 5 April 2010 is not payable.
- total demanded
the Applicant, [name], issued a claim in the County Court against the Respondent, [name], for £37,176
- total payable
The Tribunal determines that there are no service charge payments payable by Respondent
- s20c
The Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and section 5A of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
- s20
the Applicant has not consulted the Respondent in accordance with section 20
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