112B Wakely Road, Rainham, Kent ME8 8NP
HAV/00LC/LSC/2025/0730 · service charges · Medway · decided 7 May 2026
The tribunal found that the landlords had no right to recover service charges or rent before acquiring the freehold in April 2024, that the 2024 demand was not valid, that the £125 monthly interim charge was not reasonable, that roof works costs are limited to £250 because the landlords did not follow the consultation process, and it granted the leaseholder's application to stop the landlords' litigation costs being charged to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 3 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | major works, other |
| Items disallowed or reduced | major works, other |
| Total demanded | £4,000 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondents to reimburse the applicant's Tribunal fees |
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What the decision says
- flats n
There are three flats in total in 112 Wakeley Road, Flats 112a, 112b and 112c.
- years
the service charge years 2018, 2019, 2020,
- outcome
the respondents, as landlords, are limited to recovering £250
- items reduced
the respondents’ demand for an interim service charge instalment of £125 per month was not a sum the respondents could reasonably require under the lease
- total demanded
a service charge demand for Flat 112b for £4,000 for a one-off payment for the years 2015-2024
- s20c
The Tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances
- s20
The Tribunal finds that the respondents did not comply with the consultation requirements of s.20 LTA 1985 with regard to the roof works
- costs
the Tribunal orders the respondents to reimburse the applicant for any Tribunal fees paid by the applicant
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