Villandry, Fort Road, Newhaven, East Sussex, BN9 9GD
CHI/21UF/LSC/2021/0119 · service charges · Lewes · decided 7 Apr 2022
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal held that a £3,927 surveyor's invoice incurred before the RTM company was formed is not recoverable through the service charge, while the solicitors' invoice of £1,653.60 and the directors' and officers' liability insurance charge of £287.67 are properly recoverable, and it made no section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | Villandry RTM Company Ltd |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020 |
| Items in dispute | insurance, legal and professional fees |
| Items disallowed or reduced | legal and professional fees |
| Total demanded | £5,867.27 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a block of thirteen residential flats or apartments and six commercial units
- years
the accounting year 2020
- outcome
The Tribunal determines that the sum of £3,927, being the amount of an invoice from BLB, chartered surveyors, dated 30 April 2019, is not a cost properly incurred within the service charge on the Property for the accounting year 2020.
- items reduced
The Tribunal determines that the sum of £3,927, being the amount of an invoice from BLB, chartered surveyors, dated 30 April 2019, is not a cost properly incurred within the service charge on the Property for the accounting year 2020.
- total demanded
together totalling £5,867.27
- s20c
the Tribunal declines to make an order under that section.
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