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CHI/00HN/LSC/2024/0089 · service charges · Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · decided 13 May 2025

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The tribunal found some service charge items for 2020/21 to 2023/24 not chargeable or unreasonable in amount, including insurance premiums, window cleaning, bin cleaning, gutter work, and storm repairs, and made a section 20C order limiting landlord costs being added to the charge.

OutcomeReduced
Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case)Order made
Section 20 consultationNot in issue
Who appliedLeaseholder(s)
Freeholder / landlordAssethold Ltd
Management companynone named
Managing agentnone named
BuildingA block, 3 flats
Service charge years in dispute2020, 2021
Items in disputecleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, other, repairs and maintenance, utilities
Items disallowed or reducedcleaning and grounds, insurance, other, repairs and maintenance
Total demandednot stated as one figure
Total found payablenot stated as one figure
Fees or costs orderednone stated

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What the decision says

freeholder
Respondent : Assethold Ltd
years
2020/2021
outcome
The Tribunal concluded that some of the elements of service charges in
items reduced
The Tribunal has concluded that the amounts charged to the Applicants are unreasonable in amount
s20c
the Tribunal has concluded that such an order should be made in the circumstances of this case

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