Jace Court, Priory Road, St Austell, Cornwall, PL25 5FL
CHI/00HE/LSC/2024/0088 · service charges · Cornwall · decided 5 Feb 2025
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found the landlord had mismanaged the gas account and set reasonable gas charges, capped management fees at £3,350 a year, found estate costs and bulk rubbish removal not payable, limited water and drainage charges to actual bills, set the reserve fund at nil, made a section 20C order and ordered the landlord to repay the application 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 | Sedgemoor Campus Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 31 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Total demanded | £85,000 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant the fees paid to the Tribunal |
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What the decision says
- flats n
There are 31 flats in Jace Court, 23 of which are members of the Residents Association.
- freeholder
Respondent: Sedgemoor Campus Ltd
- years
the reasonableness of service charges for the years 2018 to 2025
- outcome
Accordingly, the management fees payable shall be as follows
- items reduced
none of the Estate Service Charge Costs are payable in the 2025 budget
- total demanded
The application sets out the total disputed amount as £85,000
- s20c
the Tribunal determines that an Order be made under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
that the Respondent reimburse the Applicant the fees paid by them to the Tribunal
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