Verve Apartments, Mercury Gardens, Romford, Essex, RM1 3FD
LON/00AR/LSC/2022/0162 · service charges · Havering · decided 25 Jul 2023
The tribunal found that the electricity charges for 2019/20 and 2020/21 and the proposed 2022/23 fire safety works were not payable by leaseholders, and the Respondent must refund the £300 tribunal fees.
| Outcome | Not payable |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Smith Homes 6 Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Warwick Estates |
| Building | One flat, 137 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2019, 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to refund tribunal fees of £300 to the applicants |
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What the decision says
- flats n
Since 25 March 2020, these have been divided between 137 leaseholders.
- freeholder
Respondent : [name] Homes 6 Limited
- agent
Two representatives attended from Warwick Estates, the managing agents
- years
(i) Electricity costs charged in the service charge accounts for 2019/2020 and 2021/22, being £204,917 and £176,706 respectively
- outcome
The amounts charged by the Respondent for the costs of electricity in 2019/20 and in 2020/21 are not payable by leaseholders.
- items reduced
The amounts charged by the Respondent for the costs of electricity in 2019/20 and in 2020/21 are not payable by leaseholders.
- costs
The Respondent was ordered to refund to the Applicants the £300 paid for Tribunal fees within 28 days of the date of this Decision.
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