Village Court, 25 Park Road, Cheam, Sutton SM3 8PY

LON/00BF/LSC/2018/0147 · service charges · Sutton · decided 8 May 2019

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The tribunal allowed most of the passed-on charges for 2012 to 2018 at 24.07% (with insurance at 3.3717%), capped the external water charge at £100 a year, granted dispensation for the consultation failure, and made an order that the landlord's costs cannot be added to the service charge.

Outcome	Reduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)	Order made
Section 20 consultation	Dispensation granted
Who applied	Landlord or management company
Freeholder / landlord	Ivory Management Ltd
Management company	Ivory Management Ltd
Managing agent	none named
Building	An estate, 11 flats
Service charge years in dispute	2012
Items in dispute	administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reduced	legal and professional fees, management fees, utilities
Total demanded	not stated as one figure
Total found payable	not stated as one figure
Fees or costs ordered	the applicants entitled to repayment of tribunal fees

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What the decision says

flats n: a modern block of 11 flats situated on four floors
freeholder: The respondent, Ivory Management Ltd (“Ivory”), is the freehold owner of two adjacent titles
years: The application concerns the service charge years 01 January 2012 through to
outcome: Whatever the outcome of the agent’s investigation, we will only allow a maximum of £100 for this item.
items reduced: Whatever the outcome of the agent’s investigation, we will only allow a maximum of £100 for this item.
s20c: we are of the view that it would be just and reasonable to make an order that the costs incurred by Finnan in these proceedings are not to be regarded as relevant costs
s20: we give dispensation unders.27ZA of the Act to the extent that there was non-compliance with the requirements of s.20.
costs: the applicants are entitled to repayment of the Tribunal’s fees.

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