32A Acre Lane, London SW2 5SG 18A Trinity Gardens, London SW9 8DP
LON/00AY/LSC/2024/0324 · service charges · Lambeth · decided 10 Apr 2025
The tribunal held that the service charge demands were invalid and that most of the challenged service charges were not reasonable or payable, except where expressly allowed, and ordered the landlord to repay the Applicants' tribunal fees of £440 and barred recovery of its costs of the case through 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 | Assethold Ltd |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | Eagerstates Ltd |
| Building | One flat, 8 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2020, 2021 |
| Items in dispute | administration charges, cleaning and grounds, insurance, management fees, other, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | Respondent to reimburse Applicants tribunal fees £440 |
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What the decision says
- flats n
The subject property consists of 8 flats developed in 2016
- freeholder
Respondent Assethold Ltd
- agent
Their managing agents are Eagerstates Ltd.
- years
SCOTT SCHEDULE OF DISPUTED SERVICE CHARGES AND INSURANCE RENT FOR YEARS 2020/21,
- outcome
are not reasonable nor payable by the Applicants to the Respondent, save as expressly allowed therein.
- s20c
the Tribunal grants orders under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- costs
order the Respondent to reimburse the Applicants the total sum of £440.
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