23-28 Gateway Terrace, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 7EW
HAV/00HC/LSC/2025/0611 · service charges · North Somerset · decided 4 Nov 2025
The tribunal granted dispensation from the section 20 consultation for the 2023 roof repair works on terms that the AllBuild costs be reduced by 10% and the landlord cannot recover its costs of the proceedings, while the electricity charge was not decided.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not clear |
| Section 20 consultation | Dispensation granted |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | FirstPort Property Services Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2023 |
| Items in dispute | repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | £23,131.22 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent cannot recover its costs of these proceedings as part of or under any future service charge |
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What the decision says
- freeholder
The Respondent is the named management company in respect of the lease.
- years
actual service charges for the years 2023-24
- outcome
the cost of the first and second set of works (under the AllBuild quotation) should be reduced by 10%
- items reduced
the cost of the first and second set of works (under the AllBuild quotation) should be reduced by 10%
- total demanded
on the Applicants' case, the total cost of those works was £23,131.22
- s20
reasonable to grant dispensation pursuant to section 20ZA of the 1985 Act from
- costs
the Respondent cannot recover their costs of these proceedings as part of or under any future service charge.
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