The Old Rectory, Malmesbury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN15 1PR
CHI/00HY/LSC/2021/0091 · service charges · Wiltshire · decided 4 May 2022
The tribunal reduced the management fees by half, found Greensquare costs and a £113 lock invoice not payable, ordered the landlord to reimburse £300 in fees, and barred the landlord from recovering its costs of the application through the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Trimac Properties Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | 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 | the respondent to reimburse the applicants' fees of £300 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
Applicants: [name] (Flat 1)
- freeholder
Respondent: Trimac Properties Limited
- agent
The property is managed for it by Ten Property Management Limited.
- years
Tenants application for the determination of reasonableness of service charges for the years 2018 to 2021.
- outcome
The Tribunal reduces the charge payable to date for management fees by half.
- items reduced
The £113 invoice from Lock Genie is not payable.
- s20c
The Tribunal allows the Applicants’ application under Section 20c of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 and Paragraph 5A of Schedule 11 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002
- costs
The Respondent is ordered to pay the sum of £300 to the Applicants in equal shares in reimbursement of fees.
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