150 High Street West Bromwich B70 6JJ
BIR/00CS/LSC/2024/0618 · service charges · Sandwell · decided 16 Jul 2026
The tribunal limited lift repair costs to £4770, disallowed the lift maintenance and lift phone charges, reduced the window cleaning, general maintenance and communal cleaning costs, accepted the building insurance, limited the management charges to 25% of the account, and made an order that the landlord's costs of the proceedings cannot be added to the service charge.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | Parkway Global Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 47 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| 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
a block of 47 residential apartments converted from an office block in 2021
- freeholder
The freehold of the property was sold out of liquidation on 1 July 2025 to Parkway Global Limited.
- agent
The managing agents who were managing the property at the time were [name] Property Management Limited.
- years
The jurisdiction of the Tribunal is limited to determining the reasonableness and payability of service charges for service charge year 2023-24.
- outcome
The Tribunal reduces the Communal Cleaning item by £1000 from the sum incorporated in the calculation of service charges by reason of unreasonable waste clearance charges.
- items reduced
b. Lift Maintenance £468. The Respondent admitted no work was carried out in the year. That sum is disallowed.
- s20c
The Tribunal directs that all or any of the costs incurred or to be incurred by the landlord in connection with these proceedings or in connection with arbitration proceedings or litigation are not to be regarded as relevant costs
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