402 Richmond Road, TW1 2EB
LON/00BD/LSC/2024/0232 · service charges · Richmond upon Thames · decided 26 Jun 2025
The tribunal held that the service charges are apportioned 25% each between the four residential flats, rejecting the argument that the commercial ground-floor tenant should pay a share, but accepted several concessions reducing certain charges and declined to order a refund of the application and hearing fees.
| Outcome | Reduced |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Refused |
| Section 20 consultation | Consultation failure found |
| Who applied | Leaseholder(s) |
| Freeholder / landlord | not a company, or not stated |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 4 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2018, 2019, 2020 |
| Items in dispute | cleaning and grounds, insurance, legal and professional fees, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Items disallowed or reduced | cleaning and grounds, insurance, major works, management fees, repairs and maintenance |
| Total demanded | not stated as one figure |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- years
in respect of the years ending (YE) March 2018, March 2019, March 2020,
- outcome
The tribunal concluded that a 10% reduction in the overall cost charged to the residential tenants would be reasonable.
- items reduced
The tribunal concluded that a 10% reduction in the overall cost charged to the residential tenants would be reasonable.
- s20c
The tribunal does not make an order under section 20C of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985
- s20
The Respondent conceded that a section 20 consultation should have been carried out
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