13/14 Chichester Terrace, Brighton, East Sussex, BN2 1FG
HAV/00ML/LSC/2026/0018 · service charges · Brighton and Hove · decided 7 Sep 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that the service charge and major works demands apportioned at 1/13th under the leases are payable, with the April 2026 major works demand not due from leases varied by the 1983 deed of variation until 29 September 2026, and it refused any order preventing the landlord's costs being added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Payable as demanded |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Mistralcrest Properties Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | One flat, 13 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2025 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, repairs and maintenance, reserve fund |
| 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
there are 13 leases (there is no Flat 13)
- freeholder
The Applicant, Mistralcrest Properties Limited (“MPL” and “the Company”) is the freeholder
- years
in respect of the service charge year 2025
- outcome
The service charge demands apportioned at 1/13th are payable under the 13 leases.
- s20c
the Tribunal declines to make an order under s.20C LTA 1985 or paragraph 5A Schedule 11 CLRA 2002.
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