3 Maplin Road, Victoria Docks, London, E16 3EJ
LON/00BB/LSC/2024/0102 · service charges · Newham · decided 26 Feb 2025
figures not yet checkedThe Tribunal found most service charges for 2022 and 2023 payable, but reduced the insurance revaluation and management fees, disallowed the legal and professional fees, found the administration charges and interest unreasonable, and made a section 20C order.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Order made |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Holding & Management (Solitaire) Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | FirstPort Property Services Limited |
| Building | One flat |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2021, 2022, 2023 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees, other, reserve fund |
| Items disallowed or reduced | administration charges, insurance, legal and professional fees, management fees |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | £1,642.07 |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
the block consists of only two one bedroom flats
- freeholder
(4) Holding & Management (Solitaire) Limited (the Lease)
- agent
The service charges in relation to the Property were managed by FirstPort Property Services Limited.
- outcome
The Tribunal reduces the yearly amount payable for years ending 31 December 2022 and 31 December 2023 to £500 (£250 for the Property).
- items reduced
the amount of £504 (£252 for the Property) was not reasonable
- s20c
the Tribunal makes an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 so that none of the landlord’s costs of these Tribunal proceedings may be passed to the lessees through any service charge
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The original
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