CHI/45UG/LAM/2020/0010 — service charge decision
In CHI/45UG/LAM/2020/0010, decided 30 November 2020, the First-tier Tribunal considered 3 disputed service charge items at 38 Ferndale Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex and reached a mixed result: 1 item was reduced or disallowed. Full decision on GOV.UK below.
Property: 38 Ferndale Road, Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Decision date: 30 November 2020
Full decision: Read on GOV.UK
What was challenged and what the tribunal decided
| Item | Demanded | Allowed | Outcome | Grounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Repairs & maintenance | £692.50 | £0 | Disallowed entirely | Other grounds |
| Management fees | — | £480 | Allowed in full | — |
| Reserve fund contributions | — | £1,520 | Allowed in full | — |
Key passages (verbatim)
“The Tribunal declines to make an Order requiring the Second and Third Respondents to make a payment to the Manager (for onward transmission to the Applicant and the First Respondent) in the sum of £692.50 in relation to expenditure which the Applicant and First Respondent say they incurred in respect of gutter cleaning and pest control.”
“each of the Applicant, the First Respondent, the Second Respondent and the Third Respondent shall make a payment to the Manager of the sum of £500 of which in each case £120 inclusive of VAT (equivalent to £200 plus VAT per flat) shall be a payment in respect of the Manager's basic management fee”
“After deducting the basic management fee proposed by Mr Staples of £400 plus VAT (£480), that would leave a balance of £1520 available to fund repairs and maintenance.”
“There has been a failure generally on the part of the Second and Third Respondents to respond to communications from the Applicant and the First Respondent. Where responses have been made, they have been unproductive and often unhelpful.”
This summary is assembled from the structured record of the published decision; amounts appear only where the tribunal stated them. Always rely on the full decision itself.