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FirstPort Property Services Limited

Managing agent in 43 published decisions · also named in another role in 13. Named as the decision names it, and only where the two automatic readings agreed on the name; spellings with and without "Limited" are one company. Also written as "First Port Property Services", "First Port Property Services Limited", "First Port Property Services Ltd", "FirstPort Property Services", "FirstPort Property Services Ltd", "Firstport Property Services Limited", "Firstport Property Services Ltd".

Record

service charges 31, dispensation from consultation 3, LIS 3, LSL 1, LUS 1, LVT 1, other 1, LLC 1, variation of a management order 1. 34 service charge cases, 18 with a readable outcome.

about 61% service charge challenges with a readable outcome ended with some charge reduced or not payable 11 of 18
90% section 20C orders made where asked for and decided 9 of 10

Dispensation applications (landlord-driven, never in the share above): 3, granted 2, refused 1.

Items most often disallowed or reduced: management fees (4), other (3), reserve fund (3), administration charges (3), repairs and maintenance (2).

Past decisions are not a prediction. Each tribunal decides on the evidence in front of it, and a company with many buildings will have more decisions than one with few.

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Decisions

BuildingCaseOutcomeFreeholder / landlordItems disallowed or reducedDecided
35 Fairview Drive, Thamesmead, London SE28 8QT figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Thamesview Management (Plots 67–74) Limited administration charges 28 Jul 2026
10 Tollgate Drive, Hayes, Middlesex UB4 0NR service charges Payable as demanded
s.20C refused
13 Jul 2026
Apartment 20, 21 Sheldon Square, Paddington, London W2 6DS service charges Reduced Berkely Seventy Seven Ltd management fees 25 Jun 2026
Flat 2B, 14 & 16 Hampshire House, 12 Hyde Park Place, London W2 2LH figures not yet checked LSL Reduced Hampshire House Freehold Ltd legal and professional fees, major works, other, reserve fund 28 Apr 2026
Fairlawn, Hall Place Drive, Weybridge, Surrey,KT13 0AY service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Proxima GR Properties Limited management fees 23 Mar 2026
Flat 4, Southgate House, 25A Henry Bird Way, Northampton, NN4 8GE figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Abacus Land 4 Limited administration charges, insurance, other, reserve fund 26 Feb 2026
3 Fuchsia House, 4 Panyers Gardens, RM10 7FF service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
FirstPort Property Services Ltd other, repairs and maintenance, utilities 23 Feb 2026
Flat 17, Salisbury House, 8 Melbourne Road, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 8SA service charges Payable as demanded
s.20C order made
FirstPort Property Services Limited 13 Feb 2026
Flat 2, 32-34 Gratton Road, London, W14 0JX service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Adamchoice Limited 18 Dec 2025
Flats 1 to 8 Abbots Court, Thackeray Street, London W8 5ES dispensation from consultation Dispensation granted Thackeray Estates Kensington and Chelsea Limited 26 Nov 2025
Apartment 80, 3 Royal Quay, Liverpool, L3 4EU service charges Reduced Kings Waterfront (Management Company) Limited other 4 Jun 2025
3 Maplin Road, Victoria Docks, London, E16 3EJ figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Holding & Management (Solitaire) Limited administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees 26 Feb 2025
Flats 2 & 6, Onega Gate, London, SE16 7PF figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C refused
cleaning and grounds 7 Jan 2025
Flats 1-10, White Horse House, 1 Little Britain, London EC1A 7BX service charges Other decision major works, reserve fund 10 Oct 2024
17 Bonaventure, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, BN43 5BH figures not yet checked service charges Not payable Taylor Wimpey Developments Limited repairs and maintenance 26 Apr 2024
11 Courtauld Close, London SE28 8RH service charges Payable as demanded 25 Mar 2024
19 Bertrand Way,Thamesmead,London SE28 8LL figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Joyce Farinto Properties Limited cleaning and grounds, major works, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund 21 Feb 2024
64A Hammonds Drive, Peterborough PE1 5AA LIS Reduced
s.20C order made
Landlord Connect 21 Community Ltd utilities 7 Dec 2023
64A Hammonds Drive, Peterborough PE1 5AA service charges Payable as demanded
s.20C order made
Landlord Connect 21 Community Ltd 3 Dec 2023
45-61 Coleridge Way (odd numbers), Oakham, LE15 6GA figures not yet checked LUS Other decision
s.20C order made
Whitelake Properties Investment Limited administration charges 16 Nov 2023
20 Marlborough House, 37 Park Lodge Avenue, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 9FJ service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Notting Hill Home Ownership Ltd reserve fund 5 Mar 2023
38 Randall Close, Witham,Essex,CM81FP figures not yet checked LIS Reduced
s.20C order made
BDW Trading Limited administration charges, major works, other 2 Feb 2023
48 Ringlet Road, St Mary's Island, Chatham, Kent ME4 3ET figures not yet checked service charges Dismissed or struck out
s.20C refused
10 Nov 2022
The Switch House, 4 Blackwall Way, London E14 9QS service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
major works 2 Nov 2022
Various Properties at Quayside Drive and Colne View, Colchester, CO2 8GQ service charges Reduced Firstport Property Services Ltd insurance, management fees, other 16 Aug 2022
48 Ringlet Road, St Mary’s Island, Chatham, Kent ME4 3ET figures not yet checked service charges Dismissed or struck out
s.20C order made
Countryside Maritime Limited management fees, administration charges 13 May 2022
50 Fairway Drive, London, SE28 8QL figures not yet checked service charges Reduced Thamesview (Plots 242 – 281) Residents Association Limited insurance, reserve fund 14 Jul 2021
50 Fairway Drive, London, SE28 8QL figures not yet checked service charges Reduced Thamesview (Plots 242 – 281) Residents Association Limited 14 Jul 2021
The Exchange Queen St Hitchin SG4 9TY figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Fairmead Ltd repairs and maintenance 9 Jul 2021
Primrose Court and Iris Court, Snowdrop Rise, St Leonards, East Sussex, TN38 0GR dispensation from consultation Dispensation refused Bow Estates Limited 30 Jun 2021
Flat 102 Arcus Apartment 39 St Clements Avenue London E3 4SL figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Firstport Property Services Limited insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities 6 May 2021
300 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1AA dispensation from consultation Dispensation granted Vega Holdco 1 Limited 23 Feb 2021
60 Brooks Mews, Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 8FU service charges Dismissed or struck out
s.20C order made
Catalyst Housing Ltd 16 Nov 2020
10-58 Marina View, Fazeley, Tamworth B78 3BF LVT Other decision 29 Oct 2020
8 Thornton Court, Coventry CV4 9DS other Reduced administration charges 2 Oct 2020
Marina View, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3BF figures not yet checked LLC Other decision
s.20C refused
Fairhold Properties No 6 Ltd 13 Aug 2020
17 The Odeon, 22-30 Longbridge Road, Barking, Essex IG11 8RR service charges Payable as demanded Proxima GR Properties Limited 22 Jan 2020
31 Burden Close, Bradley Stoke, Bristol, BS32 8BL figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
Merlin (Bradley Stoke) Management Company Limited management fees, other 16 Dec 2019
9 Cousins Court, 3 Alwyn Gardens, London, NW4 4XW figures not yet checked service charges Reduced
s.20C order made
administration charges, legal and professional fees, repairs and maintenance 24 Jun 2019
2, Hutton Close, Oakley Road, Luton LU4 9QW service charges Reduced administration charges 20 May 2019
Apartment 9, 5 St Georges Terrace, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PT LIS Reduced Management (Solitaire) Ltd administration charges 14 May 2019
14 Queens Court, Harborne, Birmingham, West Midlands B32 2LE service charges Dismissed or struck out cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund 9 Jan 2019
Denmark Mansions, 78-96 Coldharbour Lane, SE5 9PX variation of a management order Other decision Earl Limited 11 Apr 2007