LVT/0021/05/13: 95-97 Cathedral Road, Cardiff
Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
Applied Rules | Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 |
Date | 15 August 2013 |
Year | 2013 |
Subject Matter | Section 27A |
Court | Leasehold Valuation Tribunals |
Judgement Number | LVT/0021/05/13 |
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RESIDENTIALPROPERTYTRIBUNAL
LEASEHOLDVALUATIONTRIBUNAL
Reference:LVT/0021/05/13
Inthematterof95‐97CathedralRoad,CardiffCF204DZ
InthematterofApplicationsunderSections27A,20ZAand20CoftheLandlordandTenantAct1985
TRIBUNAL DavidEvansLLBLLM
CeriTrotmanJonesMRICS
APPLICANTS MrBrynleyGwynneLlewellynMorganandMsJuliaClaireMorgan
RESPONDENTSMrDFletcher,MrsCJarrett,MrPMackenzieandMsARobinson,
RevAandMrsKKettle,MsACartledgeandMrMLemkey,
MrandMrsGFairclough
DECISION
1 BACKGROUND
1.1 95‐97CathedralRoadCardiff(theProperty)isasubstantialthreestoreybuilding
comprisingtwocombinedsemi‐detachedhousesnowconvertedinto8flatswithadentalsurgeryon
thegroundfloorofnumber97andadentallaboratoryinthebasement.TheApplicantsarethe
freeholdownersofthePropertyandtheRespondentsarethelesseesof6ofthe8flats.Theother
twoflatsareintheownershipoftheApplicants.
1.2 TheleasesheldbytheRespondentsrequiretheApplicantstoinsureandmaintainthe
buildingandthecommonpartsthecostofwhichispassedontotheRespondentsthroughthe
servicecharge.Unfortunately,ascouldbeseenfromthetwoleaseswhichwereprovidedforus,
therearesignificantdifferencesinthewordingoftheleaseswhichcouldwellaffecttheparticular
costsrecoverablefromindividuallessees.
1.3 ThePropertyhashadanunfortunatehistoryinrecentyears.Therootoftheproblemis,
whattheRespondentsconsidertobe,theinequitabledistributionoftheresponsibilityforpayment
ofthecostsofinsuranceandmaintenanceassetoutintheleases.Thedentalpracticepays1/6th
(thelaboratorypaysnothing),andtheRespondentspaybetween1/6thand1/12th.Thetotal
contributionsofthe6flatsandthecommercialpropertiestotal92/96thsoftheservicecosts.The
Applicantsarerequiredthereforetocontributeonly4/96thsofthosecostsforthetwoflatswhich
theyretain.AstheleasesprovidefortheApplicantstobepaidanadministrationchargeof15%of
theservicecosts(againtheprecisetermsvary)theApplicants,accordingtotheRespondents,in
effectcontributenothingtowardstheservicecostsandactuallymakeaprofitfromthem.The
Applicantsofcoursearguethattheadministrationchargeisremunerationforthetimespentin
managingtheProperty.WeshallrefertothislaterinthisDecision.
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