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Top Flat, 60 Mount Pleasant Road, Hastings, East Sussex TN34 3SH

CHI/21UD/LIS/2023/0005 · LIS · Hastings · decided 4 Sep 2023

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The tribunal found £3,510.29 outstanding after payments, reducing several charges including roof repairs, management fees and electricity, and refused the applicant's Rule 13 costs claim while finding legal costs not recoverable through the service charge.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationConsultation failure found
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordnot a company, or not stated
Management companynone named
Managing agentHAS Property Management
BuildingOne flat
Service charge years in dispute2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedmanagement fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Total demanded£4,512.52
Total found payable£4,247.35
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

agent
based on demands raised by the managing agent HAS Property Management.
years
for the years 2015 – 2021 inclusive
outcome
The Tribunal adjusts this in respect of the reduction in roof repair charges to 10% of £507.25
items reduced
The Tribunal adjusts this in respect of the reduction in roof repair charges
total demanded
The application form refers to the total value of the dispute as some £4,512.52.
total payable
Grand Total £4,247.35
s20
Of the £350 cost of roof repairs which exceeded the S.20 limit £250 is admitted.

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