Landlord and Tenant: Service charges
Landlord and Tenant: Service charges
- 2001
- Estates Gazette Case Summaries [2001] EGCS 8 (27 January 2001) .
ChD 12 January 2001. Claimants (A) rented parts of a modern office building equipped with an extensive air conditioning system from B. The leases required B to provide air conditioning and other services and to maintain equipment. B decided to upgrade the system and demanded £2m under the service charge provisions. B was relying on extended wording of repairing covenant and express power to make reasonable additions and variations to services. A objected, on the grounds that the works intended to be done on the air conditioning system were largely unnecessary. A's objections were largely upheld.
FLUOR DANIEL PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS V SHORTLANDS INVESTMENTS LTD
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING SERVICES ELEMENTS-COMPLETE HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Refurbishment
SERVICE CHARGES
LEASES
REPAIRS
FACILITIES
ChD 12 January 2001. Claimants (A) rented parts of a modern office building equipped with an extensive air conditioning system from B. The leases required B to provide air conditioning and other services and to maintain equipment. B decided to upgrade the system and demanded £2m under the service charge provisions. B was relying on extended wording of repairing covenant and express power to make reasonable additions and variations to services. A objected, on the grounds that the works intended to be done on the air conditioning system were largely unnecessary. A's objections were largely upheld.
FLUOR DANIEL PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS V SHORTLANDS INVESTMENTS LTD
BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING ELEMENTS-COMPLETE BUILDING SERVICES ELEMENTS-COMPLETE HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS
Refurbishment
SERVICE CHARGES
LEASES
REPAIRS
FACILITIES