110 Egerton Street, Oldham, OL1 3UE
MAN/00BP/LSC/2024/0601 · service charges · Oldham · decided 8 Oct 2025
The tribunal found the grounds maintenance, caretaking and door entry charges for 2022/23 and 2023/24 reasonable, found the heating and hot water charge is not a service charge, and refused the landlord's costs order sought by the applicant.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | First Choice Homes Oldham Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 13 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
one of 13 flats within a block of flats known as 94 to 118
- freeholder
The Respondent is First Choice Homes Oldham Limited, the Landlord of the Property.
- years
the Grounds Maintenance, Caretaking Charge and Door Entry Charge relating to the Property for the service charge year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024
- outcome
modest and, accordingly, they are reasonable.
- s20c
The Tribunal declines to make an order under s 20C Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
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