Tetbury Court, Prospect Street, Reading, Berkshire RG1 7TR
CAM/00MC/LIS/2020/0014 · LIS · Reading · decided 28 Apr 2021
The tribunal found several historic service charges from 2015 to 2019 not payable or open to set-off, reduced the major works costs by set-off of minimum damages, and dispensed with the statutory consultation requirements for the major works, with the section 20C question left to be decided later.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | John Mortimer Property Management Limited |
| Building | A block, 35 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2016 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, major works, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, major works, other, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
Tetbury Court comprises 35 purpose-built flats (Nos. 1 to 36, without a
- agent
[name] of [name] Property Management Limited (now part of the Encore group), which has acted as managing agent for the landlord since about 1985
- years
2016-17 Scaffolding 17,168.26 490.52
- outcome
The tribunal determines that the following service charges for historic incurred costs were not payable by the Applicants, or they are entitled to set off the following against service charges
- items reduced
2019 Compensation 324 9.26
- s20
to dispense with all the consultation requirements in relation to the major works to the residential blocks and the garage block
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