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20B Upper Wickham Lane, Welling, Kent DA16 3HE

LON/00AD/LSC/2021/0033 · service charges · Bexley · decided 12 May 2025

The tribunal found most service charges for 2017 to 2025 reasonable and payable, but disallowed an administration fee, a management fee reduction for 2022/2023, two failed BNO visit fees and all bin cleaning charges, and made no section 20C order.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Refused
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAssethold Limited
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingOne flat, 5 flats
Service charge years in dispute2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Items in disputeadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance
Items disallowed or reducedadministration charges, cleaning and grounds, management fees, other
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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flats n
situate in a block of 5 flats over commercial premises
freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Limited
years
in respect of the service charge years 2017 to 2025
outcome
Management fee for 2022/2023 is to be reduced to the sum previously charged
items reduced
All fees for cleaning of bins disallowed
s20c
The tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the Landlord

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