The Works, Withy Grove, Manchester, M4 2BJ
MAN/00BR/LSC/2023/0071 · service charges · Manchester · decided 30 Apr 2025
The tribunal found most cleaning, fire safety, insurance, lift and electricity charges reasonable, reduced the CCTV sum to £7250 and management fees to £250 per apartment, and made no section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Danhamz (Hyde Park) Limited |
| Building | A block, 36 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the applicant pays the respondents' costs, recoverable through the service charge under clause 6.22 of the lease |
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What the decision says
- flats n
19 of 36 apartments not paying their service charges
- freeholder
The freehold interest of the building is owned by The Works Building Withy Grove Ltd.
- years
service charge years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24
- outcome
We reduce the management fees to £250.00 per apartment per annum.
- items reduced
In respect of the CCTV, the total sum awarded is reduced to £7250.00.
- s20c
The tribunal does not make any order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 against the Respondents
- s20
being satisfied in any event that the consultation requirements were not followed
- costs
Under clause 6.22 of the sixth schedule to the lease, the Respondents can recover the costs they have incurred in defending these proceedings as part of the service charge from the leaseholders.
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