The Gatehouse, Ossington Mews, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG24 1TP

BIR/37UD/LLC/2019/0011 · LLC · Newark and Sherwood · decided 7 Jan 2020

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The Respondents must pay the 2015 and 2016 service charges as reduced for management charges, the management charge share for 2017 and 2018 was capped, the 2017 accounts fee and health and safety repair charges were disallowed, legal costs were not allowed as an administration charge, and an order was made that the landlord's costs of the proceedings cannot be added to the service charge.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Not clear
Section 20 consultation	Not in issue
Who applied	Landlord or management company
Freeholder / landlord	George William Price Limited
Management company	none named
Managing agent	none named
Building	An estate, 5 flats · 3 decisions about this building
Service charge years in dispute	2015
Items in dispute	administration charges, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	administration charges, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance
Total demanded	£1,910.86
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	fixed costs on issue of the proceedings of £285.00 payable by the respondents to the applicant

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What the decision says

flats n: Part 3 is common to Flats 1-5 and not included in the Respondent’s liability.
freeholder: The Applicant is the freehold proprietor of The Ossington Beastmarket Hill Newark Notts NG24 1BH.
years: 2015 £5,825.27 £2625.27 £197.68
outcome: The Respondents are liable to pay service charges for the years 2015 and 2016 in accordance with the Applicant’s claims as varied by the reduction of management charges as follows
items reduced: In determining the Building Service Charge for the accounting periods 1 January 2017 – 24 December 2017 the Respondents are liable for not more than 7.53% of 20% of the management charge including VAT
total demanded: The service charges claimed were from 1 January 2017 to 23 June 2018 in the total sum of £1910.86.
costs: Fixed costs on issue of the proceedings in the total sum of £285.00

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