The Heights, 25 St John Street, Bedford, MK42 0FW
CAM/00KB/HTA/2023/0035 · HTA · Bedford · decided 17 Jan 2025
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal reduced many of the service charges for The Heights for 2018 to 2024, disallowed several items in full, held that it had no jurisdiction over the missing reserve fund, made a section 20C order, and ordered the respondent to pay the application and hearing fees of £320.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Sampsons Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 109 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to pay applicant application fee and hearing fee £320 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
It has 13 floors and 109 apartments including two on the ground floor.
- freeholder
The Respondent is Sampsons Limited.
- years
The Applicants challenge service charges going back to 2018.
- outcome
We consider the charges for cleaning owned apartment areas/floors are excessive and allow £10,000 per
- items reduced
We disallow these sums in full.
- s20c
We exercise our discretion and make an order under s.20C
- costs
We also order the Respondents to pay the Applicants’ application fee and hearing fee – namely the sum of £320.
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