Various at Low Matlock Lane, Loxley Works, Sheffield, S6 6RN
MAN/00CG/LSC/2019/0048 · service charges · Sheffield · decided 28 Nov 2020
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found that none of the disputed service charges are currently payable because the demands were not in the correct statutory form, reduced the management fee from £2000 to £1000 a year, limited the 2016 pump replacement to £1800, and decided that the new mains sewer connection is not a service charge item.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Campbell Homes Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 11 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 |
| Items in dispute | management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
- flats n
developed a late 19th century redundant historic mill building into 11 dwellings
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] Homes Limited
- years
We have considered the claims year by year from 2015 to 2019
- outcome
The management administration fee for the years 2016 to 2020 inclusive (none claimed for 2015) be reduced from £2000 to £1000 p.a.
- items reduced
The service charge item for the replacement blower/pump in 2016 be limited to £1800 inclusive of vat.
- s20c
we order that it would not be just and equitable for the costs of the landlord to be regarded as relevant costs in determining the amount of service charge payable
- s20
the failure to address S20 issues re the Blower/pump replacement (even to seek dispensation)
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