Sutton Court, 120 Sutton Road, Watford WD17 2QQ
CAM/26UK/LSC/2023/0005 · service charges · Watford · decided 28 Jun 2023
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal disallowed most of the disputed 2020-2022 service charges, including bank, loss assessor, out-of-hours and professional fees, allowed only about a third of the £8,076.90 challenged, ordered the landlord to refund £300 of tribunal fees, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Red Rock Estate & Property Management Limited |
| Managing agent | Red Rock Estate & Property Management Limited |
| Building | One flat, 11 flats · 2 decisions about this building |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, utilities |
| Total demanded | £8,076.90 |
| Total found payable | £2,859.62 |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to refund the fees paid by the applicants, £300 (application fee £100 and hearing fee £200) |
Read from the decision automatically: a regular-expression pass, then a language model whose every value must quote the decision word for word; the two readings disagreed on something, so these figures haven't been checked yet and are left out of the statistics. Compare with the original.
What the decision says
- flats n
a building containing 11 residential flats plus a commercial unit
- management company
Mr [name] of [name] Estate & Property Management Limited to give evidence
- agent
[name] were the managing agents during the service charge years in dispute
- years
in respect of the service charge years 2020, 2021 and 2022
- outcome
of the total disputed sum of £8,076.90 only £2,859.62 has found to be justified on the evidence presented
- items reduced
The Tribunal finds that the bank charge transaction fees were not payable and disallows the sum of £830.
- total demanded
making a total disputed figure of £8,076.90
- total payable
only £2,859.62 has found to be justified on the evidence presented
- s20c
the Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of the Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
- costs
the Respondent shall pay the Applicants £300 within 28 days of this Decision, in respect of the reimbursement of the Tribunal fees paid by the Applicants
The passages each figure was read from, verbatim. People's names are replaced with [name].
The original
If this decision relates to your home and you'd like it removed from this site, email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with the address or the case reference (removal requests).
Spotted an error on this page? Email hello@rentrisecheck.uk with what is wrong; the decision's reference goes in the subject.
Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it.