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Various flats at 1-9 Schooner Street, Barrow in Furness LA14 2SQ; 2-12 Steamer Street (Including 1 & 13 Island Road), Barrow in Furness LA14 2QN

MAN/16UC/LSC/2021/0012 · service charges · Westmorland and Furness · decided 22 Jul 2022

The Tribunal allowed most disputed charges but disallowed the forfeiture legal fees and certain surveyors' fees, reduced the basic management fee to £75 per unit a year, and left the section 20C question for further submissions.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Not clear
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLandlord or management company
Freeholder / landlordTuscola Capital Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentRegent PM Ltd
BuildingA block, 78 flats
Service charge years in dispute2020, 2021
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund
Items disallowed or reducedlegal and professional fees, management fees
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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flats n
The block comprising the Schooner Street flats is similar in nature, but smaller (containing 78 flats)
freeholder
The Applicant is the freehold owner of the properties.
agent
in the company of Mr [name] of Regent PM Ltd
years
The application originally related only to 2020 and 2021 but was expanded at a case management hearing to include the earlier years.
outcome
the Tribunal would assess a reasonable fee as being £75.00 per unit per year
items reduced
the Tribunal would assess a reasonable fee as being £75.00 per unit per year

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