13 Pikestone Close Hayes Middlesex UB4 9QT
LON/00AS/LSC/2024/0754 · service charges · Hillingdon · decided 16 Jan 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal found nothing payable for 2021/22, limited recovery for 2022/23 to £336.12 because costs before 14 August 2022 were time-barred under s.20B, reduced the budgeted cleaning and grounds costs for 2024/25, ordered the fees refunded, and made a s.20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | First Port Management Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds |
| Total demanded | £3,110.10 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | respondent to refund any fees paid by the applicant within 28 days |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a small two storey block of four apartments
- agent
management was transferred to First Port Management Ltd
- years
the service charge year 1 February 2021 to 31 January 2022
- outcome
We assess the reasonable cost of cleaning the communal areas in the sum of £420
- items reduced
We assess the reasonable cost of cleaning the communal areas in the sum of £420
- total demanded
a demand in the sum of £3110.10 for charges relating to the period
- s20c
The tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
the tribunal orders the Respondent to refund any fees paid by the Applicant within 28 days of the date of this decision
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