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Napier House, 17-21 Napier Road, Luton, LU1 1DU

CAM/00KA/LSC/2023/0063 · service charges · Luton · decided 12 May 2025

The Tribunal reduced several service charge items for Napier House, including insurance, management fees and electricity, found the landlord entitled to charge despite the unregistered transfer, made a section 20C order and ordered the landlord to refund the applicants' fees.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAssethold Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentEagerstates Ltd
BuildingA block, 30 flats · 2 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedcleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderedthe respondent to reimburse application and hearing fees to the applicants

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flats n
converted into 30 residential flats
freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
agent
addressed to Eagerstates Ltd
years
service charge years 2021 to 2024 and estimated charge for 2025
outcome
The Tribunal therefore reduces the amount payable for insurance in line with the alternative quotes provided
items reduced
The Tribunal therefore reduces the amount payable for insurance in line with the alternative quotes provided
s20c
makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
costs
the Respondent shall reimburse to all of the Applicants the application and hearing fees they have paid to the Tribunal

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