41a Claude Road London E10 6NG
LON/00BH/LSC/2025/1197 · service charges · Waltham Forest · decided 25 Jun 2026
figures not yet checkedThe tribunal decided that the lease does not allow the landlord to demand the major works cost through service charge before the works have been carried out and paid for, and it declined to order a new specification, tender or independent contractor.
| Outcome | Other decision |
|---|---|
| Section 20C (landlord's costs of the case) | Not applied for |
| Section 20 consultation | Not in issue |
| Who applied | Landlord or management company |
| Freeholder / landlord | Stealth Developments Limited |
| Management company | none named |
| Managing agent | none named |
| Building | A block, 2 flats |
| Service charge years in dispute | 2025 |
| Items in dispute | major works |
| Items disallowed or reduced | none stated |
| Total demanded | £54,222.50 |
| Total found payable | not stated as one figure |
| Fees or costs ordered | none stated |
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What the decision says
- flats n
an end of terrace building converted into two flats
- freeholder
The Applicant is the freeholder and leaseholder of the upper flat in the building.
- years
in respect of the service charge year 2025
- outcome
The lease does not permit the landlord to demand the cost of the Major Works by way of service charge before it has incurred the same.
- total demanded
That £54,222.50 was a reasonable sum to pay for the Major Works
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The original
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