Riverholme, Hampton Court Road, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9BP

LON/00BD/LSC/2020/0315 · service charges · Richmond upon Thames · decided 25 Feb 2021

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The tribunal limited the 2019 storage cupboard door charges to £250 per leaseholder for lack of proper consultation, found half of the Quantum cleaning charges for 2014 to 2017 and all of them for 2018 and 2019 unreasonable and not payable, and barred the landlord from recovering its legal costs from leaseholders through service or administration charges.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Consultation failure found
Who applied	Leaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlord	JP Wheelan Homes PLC
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	A block, 18 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Items in dispute	cleaning and grounds, other
Items disallowed or reduced	cleaning and grounds, other
Total demanded	not stated as one figure
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	none stated

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What the decision says

flats n: brought on behalf of all 18 leaseholders
freeholder: Respondent : JP Wheelan Homes PLC
years: b. 2014 – 2019: Cleaning Costs.
outcome: are not reasonable and therefore not payable
items reduced: are limited to £250 per leaseholder for want of proper compliance with the
s20c: is therefore allowed
s20: for want of proper compliance with the

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