3 Fuchsia House, 4 Panyers Gardens, RM10 7FF
LON/00AB/LSC/2025/0911 · service charges · Barking and Dagenham · decided 23 Feb 2026
The tribunal found most of the disputed 2022 heating, gas and water charges and the 2025 prior-year heating charge not payable or reduced, allowed the 2022 grounds maintenance charge, ordered the respondent to refund the lead applicant's tribunal fees, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | FirstPort Property Services Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | FirstPort Property Services Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 6 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2022, 2023, 2025 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Items disallowed or reduced | other, repairs and maintenance, utilities |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | the respondent to reimburse the applicant's tribunal fees £341 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
a purpose-built three storey block of six flats
- freeholder
Respondent : FirstPort Property Services Ltd
- agent
Mr [name] from FirstPort Property Services Ltd (FirstPort), the current manager of the Property.
- years
service charge years 2022, 2023 and 2025
- outcome
The tribunal determines that the amount payable in respect of water charges (payable to Essex and Suffolk Water) for Fuchsia House is £0.
- items reduced
The tribunal determines that the amount payable in respect of water charges (payable to Essex and Suffolk Water) for Fuchsia House is £0.
- s20c
the tribunal determines that it is just and equitable in the circumstances for an order to be made under section 20C of the 1985 Act
- s20
In the absence of a Section 20 consultation or tribunal determination for dispensation from consultation under Section 20ZA, the amount payable by each leaseholder is limited to £250.
- costs
reimbursement of the tribunal fees paid by the Applicant.
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