Various Properties at Quayside Drive and Colne View, Colchester, CO2 8GQ
CAM/22UG/LSC/2021/0043 · service charges · Colchester · decided 16 Aug 2022
The tribunal struck out the challenge to charges from October 2012 to July 2015, reduced insurance premiums for 2020 and 2021 by 20 per cent and management fees from July 2015 to September 2021 by 40 per cent, allowed water and electricity costs, and disallowed several smaller invoices.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Firstport Property Services Ltd |
| Management company | Holding & Management (Solitaire No.2) Ltd |
| Managing agent | Firstport Property Services Ltd |
| Building | An estate, 399 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2013, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | insurance, management fees, other |
| 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
He said that there were 399 units excluding Reflections.
- management company
Holding & Management (Solitaire No.2) Ltd (2)
- agent
Firstport Property Services Ltd (1)
- years
for the years ending 30 September 2013 to 30 September 2021.
- outcome
the service charges payable by the Applicants for management fees should be reduced by 40% for the years from July 2015 to September 2021.
- items reduced
we determine there should be a discount of 20% in the insurance service charge payable by the Applicants, for the 2 years ending 30 September 2020 and 30 September 2021.
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