Various at Darfield Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 7YY
CHI/43UD/LSC/2024/0007 · service charges · Guildford · decided 22 Nov 2022
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found the 2023/24 and 2024/25 Darfield Road estate charges payable apart from £240 for cleaning, which must be credited back to the service charge account, and ordered that the landlord's costs of the hearing cannot be added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | An estate |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023, 2024 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- years
the service charge for 2023/24 is reasonably incurred and is therefore payable
- outcome
except for £240 in respect of cleaning within the service charge which shall be repaid to the Leaseholders
- items reduced
50% of the cost of cleaning in 2023/24 in the sum of £240 should be refunded to the leaseholders
- s20c
the Tribunal orders that the costs incurred in this hearing are not to be regarded as relevant costs to be taken into account in determining the amount of any service charge payable by the tenants
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